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Franklin Alard

Half-Elf Sailmaker ♂
Portrait of Franklin Alard

They are always smoking a cigarette.

Ideal: People are ultimately good.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about alcohol.

Bond: They once worked with the local banker's guild.

“I keep hitting them but they keep getting back up!”

Elise Whitethorn

Halfling Auditor ♀
Portrait of Elise Whitethorn

They have an ancient quality to their voice.

Ideal: There are always those whose need is greater than their own.

Flaw: They covet the attention of a distant relative.

Bond: They abandoned their ancestral lands to combat a rival.

“Undead and all sorts of evil types crawl about these lands.”

Klaudia Mulgrew

Halfling Smuggler ♀
Portrait of Klaudia Mulgrew

They have a rough quality to their voice.

Ideal: They hold total respect for untamed nature.

Flaw: They blame small accidents on "the fey folk".

Bond: They secretly wish to escape from their living situation.

“Mushrooms!”

Nathaniel Rucker

Tiefling Wheelwright ♂
Portrait of Nathaniel Rucker

Music plays softly when they enter a room.

Ideal: They would rather spend an afternoon with a book than an evening with strangers.

Flaw: They run at the first sign of trouble.

Bond: Guilt eats away at their every thought.

“I heard the prince is getting married.”

Chloe Fae

Human Celebrity ♀
Portrait of Chloe Fae

They have a mole on their chin.

Ideal: Anything is possible with a keen blade at the right moment.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about banks.

Bond: They swore to defend a small town from raiders.

“Thou art a strapping young lad.”

Kharda Dunstan

Elf Anthropologist ♀
Portrait of Kharda Dunstan

A tamed hawk sits on their shoulder.

Ideal: Anything is possible with faith.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about forests.

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

“This ale tastes like gunk.”

Riley Duffield

Half-Orc Hayward ⚥
Portrait of Riley Duffield

They smell like lavender and honeysuckle.

Ideal: Gold is the only true path to freedom.

Flaw: They are too forward.

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

“Sometimes I like taking long walks in the forest.”

Carys Hamlin

Half-Elf Philosopher ♀
Portrait of Carys Hamlin

They wear a beaver-fur hat at all times.

Ideal: Friends are a liability.

Flaw: They drink alcohol to excess.

Bond: They will do whatever it takes to prove they are the wisest.

“War is brewing to the west.”

Peter Lachlan

Gnome Rogue ♂
Portrait of Peter Lachlan

They wear a pair of cracked spectacles.

Ideal: Anything is possible with a few gold coins in your pocket.

Flaw: They always tell the truth.

Bond: They secretly wish to be a politician.

“Sometimes I like taking long walks in the forest.”

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