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Avital Loch

Tiefling Rat Catcher ♂
Portrait of Avital Loch

They are missing the pinkie finger of their right hand.

Ideal: There is more that unites us than divides us.

Flaw: They always go big.

Bond: They swore to find a lost civilization.

“Hey! Wanna buy this potion?”

Eden Sams

Gnome Monk ⚥
Portrait of Eden Sams

They occasionally skip while walking.

Ideal: They would do anything to ensure that a loved one survives disaster.

Flaw: They constantly obsess over future decisions.

Bond: They travel the place with a band of clerics.

“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.”

Klaudia Ironbrow

Dwarf Veteran ♀
Portrait of Klaudia Ironbrow

They have a gravely voice.

Ideal: They would do anything to protect their lifestyle.

Flaw: They constantly obsess of how others think of them.

Bond: They swore to sail around the world.

“Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent.”

Sahin Autumn

Gnome First Mate ⚥
Portrait of Sahin Autumn

They have a scar on their face.

Ideal: No one is above the law.

Flaw: They are spoiled.

Bond: Their home is a safehouse for veterans.

“Mine eyes doth taketh interest in thee.”

River Frida

Dwarf Florist ⚥
Portrait of River Frida

They wear a sea blue cloak around their shoulders.

Ideal: Compliance is defeat.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about dragonborn.

Bond: They swore to defend their ancestral home from abyssal terrors.

“Time to kick my shoes off and sit for a bit.”

Frank Wrynn

Elf Druid ♂
Portrait of Frank Wrynn

A tamed wolf walks by their side.

Ideal: They would do anything to catch the attention of a powerful warrior.

Flaw: They are timid.

Bond: They swore to defend their ancestral home from celestial beings.

“I love having a full tobacco pouch waiting for me at the end of the day.”

Favian Snapmaw

Half-Orc Drag Queen ♂
Portrait of Favian Snapmaw

A tamed elk walks by their side.

Ideal: Real art comes from pain.

Flaw: They laugh when they are nervous

Bond: They swore to rebuild a collapsed theater.

“I had a sword like that once...”

Rory Rowe

Gnome Chief ♂
Portrait of Rory Rowe

A tamed bear walks by their side.

Ideal: Power corrupts all those it touches.

Flaw: They have a bias against jugglers.

Bond: A magical accident harmed someone they love, and they will stop at nothing to fix the damage.

“Get back here! Thief! Thief!”

Bernie Tawnyspots

Half-Orc Barbarian ⚥
Portrait of Bernie Tawnyspots

People boo when they enter a room.

Ideal: They hold total respect for their family.

Flaw: They mutter their shopping list during inopportune moments.

Bond: They once studied in another plane of existence.

“I heard the prince is getting married.”

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