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Jedrek Mervor

Dwarf Fighter ♂
Portrait of Jedrek Mervor

A tamed badger walks by their side.

Ideal: The true path to power is understanding.

Flaw: They are obsessed with joining a magical bureaucracy.

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

“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.”

Friedrich Reedwater

Gnome Shepherd ♂
Portrait of Friedrich Reedwater

Light seems to dim around their eyes.

Ideal: They would do anything to gain incredible power.

Flaw: They overreact to everything.

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

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

Justin Enola

Dwarf Host ♂
Portrait of Justin Enola

They are afraid of children.

Ideal: All that matters is finding their missing keys.

Flaw: They are obsessed with an abominable elder god.

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

“Strong as the mountain!”

Christopher Rowe

Dwarf Wheelwright ♂
Portrait of Christopher Rowe

Their complexion is pale from lack of sun.

Ideal: They would do anything for their nation.

Flaw: They despise any kind of foreigners.

Bond: They once sailed the seas as a prisoner.

“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.”

Rylan Hogan

Half-Orc Poultry Keeper ♂
Portrait of Rylan Hogan

They are always carrying a book.

Ideal: The sea is the only place I can be free.

Flaw: They constantly obsess over their personal appearance

Bond: They secretly wish to be a bard.

“Come try this fresh baked bread!”

Amelia Ravage

Tiefling Rogue ♀
Portrait of Amelia Ravage

Their arms are tattooed.

Ideal: The true path to power is overwhelming strength.

Flaw: They are never satisfied.

Bond: They secretly wish to be a bard.

“Have you seen the bulette pack diggin' 'round the fields?”

Morwen Winterheart

Elf Executioner ♀
Portrait of Morwen Winterheart

They slur their words.

Ideal: They are drawn to protect places of worship.

Flaw: They are indecisive.

Bond: They have an estranged child who they have never met.

“Burn the witch!”

Vetack Hasan

Halfling Ferryman ♂
Portrait of Vetack Hasan

They have a tattoo of a barrel keg tap on their thigh.

Ideal: Our elders deserve respect.

Flaw: They show cowardice when confronted.

Bond: A bank forclosed on their home, and they desperately seek funds to repay them.

“The air is better down here.”

Fribbington Loch

Dwarf Warlock ⚥
Portrait of Fribbington Loch

They shuffle their feet.

Ideal: Their needs are more important than anyone else's.

Flaw: They are spoiled.

Bond: They abandoned their faith to become an adventurer.

“Gimme a swift steed and I'll make it to the king by sundown.”

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