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Dustin Pegg

Half-Elf Furniture Maker ♂
Portrait of Dustin Pegg

They struggle to remember faces.

Ideal: Charity start at home.

Flaw: They are obsessed with joining the thieves' guild.

Bond: They swore to find the recipe to make the ultimate healing salve.

“I wish I could fly.”

Katja Truthseeker

Gnome Therapist ♀
Portrait of Katja Truthseeker

They carry a wicker basked filled with chicken across their back.

Ideal: The gods reward perseverance

Flaw: They can't take a joke.

Bond: They were abandoned as a child and are searching for their family.

“They say this place vanished for 4 weeks, in the fifth year of our lord.”

Miriam Crewe

Tiefling Rogue ♀
Portrait of Miriam Crewe

A tamed squirrel walks at their side.

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

Flaw: They refuse to tip waitstaff.

Bond: They swore to bring a despotic ruler to justice.

“Your cheapest room, innkeep!”

Seymor Enola

Halfling Baron ♂
Portrait of Seymor Enola

They chew with their mouth open.

Ideal: The fight against evil is never ending, and they are ever-vigilant.

Flaw: They constantly search for their next drink.

Bond: They swore to keep their alchemical formulae from falling into the wrong hands.

“Thou art a cutpurse!”

Laura Faelyn

Half-Orc Judge ♀
Portrait of Laura Faelyn

Their breath smells strongly of sulfur.

Ideal: They would do anything to overcome a rival.

Flaw: They have tremendous difficulty with remembering names.

Bond: A wizard turned a loved one to stone, and they seek vengeance.

“What's your favorite kind of dish?”

Hiram Wilbur

Half-Elf Bard ♂
Portrait of Hiram Wilbur

They don't wear shoes.

Ideal: All that matters is a stout shield in their hands.

Flaw: They never follow orders.

Bond: Each morning they run to the nearest village and back.

“You fobbing clay-brained miscreant!”

Daventry Pierre-Dupois

Halfling Cleric ♂
Portrait of Daventry Pierre-Dupois

A tamed elk walks by their side.

Ideal: They only feel alive when baking new kinds of pastries.

Flaw: They constantly obsess over money issues.

Bond: Qualen's Titan has been taken from their people; they will reclaim it!

“I tell ye truth.”

Lois Connington

Human Goldsmith ♀
Portrait of Lois Connington

They have eye heterochromia -- One blue and one green.

Ideal: They dream of joining a traveling music group.

Flaw: They will never be the last to retreat

Bond: Something important was stolen from them and they intend on stealing it back.

“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

Brianna Wood

Halfling Goldsmith ♀
Portrait of Brianna Wood

They wear modest clothing.

Ideal: A person is smart. People are stupid.

Flaw: They always haggle.

Bond: They are in love with a member of a rival family.

“I can't seen to find a waterskin that doesn't leak when I travel.”

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