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Carly Hasan

Gnome Dancer ♀
Portrait of Carly Hasan

They wear an apprentice's robes.

Ideal: The only constant in this world is the goodwill of others.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about beekeepers.

Bond: They hunt in the mountains to provide for their community.

“This wine tastes like poison.”

Amelia Dempsy

Dwarf Warlock ♀
Portrait of Amelia Dempsy

They have an earthy voice.

Ideal: Anything is possible with a crooked ruler in their corner.

Flaw: They never admit they are wrong.

Bond: Someone killed the person they loved. One day they will have my revenge.

“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.”

Derrick Enola

Half-Orc Alcoholic ♂
Portrait of Derrick Enola

They wear a blood-stained doctor's apron.

Ideal: The only constant in this world is change.

Flaw: They covet the attention of a local ruler.

Bond: They swore to find the secret to transmute lead into gold.

“Did you hear about the festival coming next month?”

Christopher Brightleaf

Halfling Poultry Keeper ♂
Portrait of Christopher Brightleaf

They have a birthmark of a star on their shoulder.

Ideal: They only feel alive when performing death-defying acts.

Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a wandering cartographer.

Bond: They would die to find The Burgundy Lighthouse and claim it for themselves.

“Where in the nine hells am I?”

Phoebe Blackhammer

Dwarf Dutchess ♀
Portrait of Phoebe Blackhammer

They have a mysterious quality to their voice.

Ideal: The only constant in this world is magic.

Flaw: They are constantly in self-inflicted debt.

Bond: They once watched a necromancer bring someone back from the dead.

“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”

Mace Jones

Halfling Wizard ♂
Portrait of Mace Jones

They have heavy bags underneath their eyes.

Ideal: Those that break the law deserve to be punished.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about dwarves.

Bond: They hunt in the mountains to provide for their community.

“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.”

Amy Sybil

Half-Orc Quartermaster ♀
Portrait of Amy Sybil

They have eye heterochromia -- One black and one white.

Ideal: People are ultimately good.

Flaw: They lose themselves to illicit goods too frequently.

Bond: They would die to find The Violet River and claim it for themselves.

“You artless common-kissing flirt-gill!”

Charlie Darkwood

Halfling Druid ⚥
Portrait of Charlie Darkwood

They hold a crystal orb in one hand.

Ideal: Better to die with honor than live without.

Flaw: They are very childish.

Bond: They swore to overthrow a corrupt official.

“Need a friend?”

Lariat Abasi

Gnome Book Binder ♂
Portrait of Lariat Abasi

They wear dark and gloomy clothing.

Ideal: All that matters is mystical knowledge.

Flaw: They are a pessimist.

Bond: Someone killed the person they loved. One day they will have my revenge.

“I can't believe it. Arthur, our most respected Paladin, on trial for murder! Where are the gods these days?!”

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