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Deimos El-Hasan

Half-Elf Hired Muscle ♂
Portrait of Deimos El-Hasan

They have a prisoner's brand on the back of their wrist.

Ideal: If a job is worth doing it's worth being paid for.

Flaw: They are shallow.

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

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

Dina Moran

Gnome Poultry Keeper ♀
Portrait of Dina Moran

They never make jokes.

Ideal: Community is at the heart of everything they do.

Flaw: They are vain.

Bond: They draw tiny innappropriate body parts on public signs.

“Need a blade?”

Fribbington Harber

Human Outlander ⚥
Portrait of Fribbington Harber

They never look anyone directly in the eyes.

Ideal: Friends are a liability.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about clear blue skies.

Bond: They protect their community from the beasts of the wild.

“Hey! Wanna buy this hat?”

Chloe Colman

Halfling Bailiff ♀
Portrait of Chloe Colman

They wear the heraldry of a beloved lord.

Ideal: They are searching for redemption.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about jesters.

Bond: They swore to defeat their rival in sports.

“Need a friend?”

Alaya Kaye

Halfling Wizard ♀
Portrait of Alaya Kaye

Their breath smells strongly of sulfur.

Ideal: They seek the answer to why the gods allow bad things to happen to good people.

Flaw: They are spoiled.

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

“Where in the nine hells am I?”

Dolan Blackfist

Dwarf Historian ♂
Portrait of Dolan Blackfist

They wear a fragment of a precious gem from their neck.

Ideal: Their family will always come first.

Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a fell necromancer.

Bond: They secretly wish their nation would march to war.

“When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.”

Sawyer Strongjaw

Half-Orc Ranger ⚥
Portrait of Sawyer Strongjaw

People flee when they enter a room.

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

Flaw: They react with violence if any oppose their views.

Bond: They have a child that they don't know about.

“Hey! This isn't real gold!”

Jade Shadowmourne

Tiefling Barber Surgeon ♀
Portrait of Jade Shadowmourne

Their eyebrow(s) are pierced.

Ideal: Anything is possible with academic knowledge.

Flaw: They are very childish.

Bond: A monster killed their lord, and they seek vengeance.

“This ale tastes like tree bark.”

Hendricks Goldtree

Half-Elf Cleric ♂
Portrait of Hendricks Goldtree

They have a prisoner's brand on their face.

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

Flaw: They are obsessed with small animals.

Bond: They swore to find a lost book.

“And they were never heard from again...”

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