Characters
Sisco Zaki
Dust drifts off their boots at each step.
Ideal: Everyone should be free to follow their dreams.
Flaw: They have a bias against actors.
Bond: They abandoned their community in service of their lord.
“Come try this fresh baked bread!”
Rowan Faelyn
They carry a leather bullwhip at their hip.
Ideal: They only feel alive when fighting a superior foe.
Flaw: They have a secret that would tear their family apart
Bond: They protect their community from the old magics of the forest.
“This wine is terrible.”
Talwyn Banes
They carry a wicker basked filled with chicken across their back.
Ideal: Blood runs thicker than water.
Flaw: They always haggle.
Bond: They consider the local tavern to be their home.
“When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.”
Lorelei Walker
They have large, innocent eyes.
Ideal: A person is smart. People are stupid.
Flaw: They are shallow.
Bond: They owe their life to the priest that took them in as a child.
“I love having a full tobacco pouch waiting for me at the end of the day.”
River Miller
Their bald head is badly sunburned.
Ideal: They only feel alive when fighting a superior foe.
Flaw: They have a bias against actors.
Bond: They will do whatever it takes to become rich.
“A room with a view, if you don't mind.”
Fribbington Ali
They have a high-pitched voice.
Ideal: Anything is possible with a keen blade at the right moment.
Flaw: Their best achievements were in the past, and they dwell on them constantly.
Bond: They abandoned their faith to rescue a friend.
“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”
Euphy Kovak
They have a wandering eye.
Ideal: Anything is possible with a few gold coins in your pocket.
Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a inter-dimensional being of great power.
Bond: They abandoned their faith to become an adventurer.
“Food, ale, and a fire - what more could I want?”
Donovan Rook
They have to have constant stimulation (touch/sound/visual)
Ideal: Anything is possible with the right set of connections.
Flaw: They constantly obsess over money issues.
Bond: They murdered their neighbor.
“This ale tastes like dirt.”
Jelen Colman
They are afraid of dogs.
Ideal: The only constant in this world is chaos.
Flaw: They break into song at the slightest provocation.
Bond: They have been branded a heretic by the church.
“Have an apple, won't you?”
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