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Elise Miller

Gnome Sailor ♀
Portrait of Elise Miller

They have their arm in a sling.

Ideal: The true path to power is a deal with the devil.

Flaw: They are addicted to a harmful substance.

Bond: They swore to defend an orphanage from monsters.

“Did that treasure chest just move on its own?”

Alyx Potter

Half-Orc Bowyer ♀
Portrait of Alyx Potter

They eat everything with their hands.

Ideal: Compliance is defeat.

Flaw: They are idyllic to a fault.

Bond: They spent years in the world's most famous prison.

“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.”

Garrus Desolation

Tiefling Essayist ♂
Portrait of Garrus Desolation

They have a distinctive birthmark.

Ideal: There is always a silver lining you just have to be willing to look hard enough.

Flaw: They are idyllic to a fault.

Bond: Guilt eats away at their every thought.

“She is a five-headed cheat.”

Dora Jones

Human Guard ♀
Portrait of Dora Jones

They have a mysterious quality to their voice.

Ideal: No one tells them what to do.

Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a wandering cartographer.

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

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

Katarina Bowes

Human Commissar ♀
Portrait of Katarina Bowes

Their eyes glow with a dim light.

Ideal: Beauty can be found all around us.

Flaw: They are compulsive gamblers.

Bond: They work long nights to undo a past misdeed.

“The stars relay fell portents. Stay safe stranger.”

Reuben Marshall

Elf Teacher ♂
Portrait of Reuben Marshall

They are afraid of intimacy

Ideal: They would do anything for their gang.

Flaw: They covet the attention of a local ruler.

Bond: They spend their evenings volunteering for the temples.

“Move.”

Aura Browntree

Halfling Storyteller ♀
Portrait of Aura Browntree

They have a frank quality to their voice.

Ideal: They seek the answer to placing curses on rivals.

Flaw: They are obsessed with joining a devil-worshipping cult.

Bond: They once served food for the local royalty.

“Did thou eat most well?”

Rowan Arrias

Half-Elf Event Planner ⚥
Portrait of Rowan Arrias

They talk with a lisp.

Ideal: They are trying to atone for their past.

Flaw: They lose themselves to carnal pleasures too frequently.

Bond: They swore to find the person who killed their parents.

“Salutations.”

Fribbington Hadwell

Half-Orc Mercenary ⚥
Portrait of Fribbington Hadwell

They wear a single rhinestone-studded glove on their right hand.

Ideal: They would do anything for a chance to meet with a famous artist.

Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a band of adventurers.

Bond: They preserve written knowledge for future generations.

“The town guards have been acting strange today.”

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