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Kamal Pierce

Gnome Bargeman ♂
Portrait of Kamal Pierce

They wear a bandolier of potions across their chest.

Ideal: Friends are a liability.

Flaw: They mutter curse words during inopportune moments.

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

“Thou art a strapping young lad.”

Vivian Mervor

Gnome Necromancer ♀
Portrait of Vivian Mervor

They are missing the pinkie finger of their right hand.

Ideal: They hold total respect for a rival nation.

Flaw: They are naive about local customs.

Bond: They swore to never allow themselves to be embarrassed in public again.

“Huzzah!”

Aviad Bozier

Half-Orc Sorcerer ♂
Portrait of Aviad Bozier

They have a melodious voice.

Ideal: They would do anything to protect their lifestyle.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about orphans.

Bond: Their actions once brought peace to a community in danger.

“Too many sweets will make the children soft!”

Alan Jordan

Gnome Sergeant ♂
Portrait of Alan Jordan

They talk with a lisp.

Ideal: Criminals deserve death.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about beekeepers.

Bond: They hunt in the fields around their home to provide for their community.

“Too many sweets will make the children soft!”

Taylor Mowbry

Tiefling Druid ⚥
Portrait of Taylor Mowbry

They carry a longbow across their back.

Ideal: They only feel alive when cleaning out their home.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about porters.

Bond: They hunt beneath the earth to provide for their community.

“Ahhh...just like mom used to make it!”

Julia Molyneaux

Tiefling Ranger ♀
Portrait of Julia Molyneaux

Thunder sounds ominously when they enter a room.

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

Flaw: They are obsessed with joining a magical bureaucracy.

Bond: A neighbor owes them money,

“That armor looks ill-fitting! Come to my shop and I'll take care of that for you.”

Jonas El-Hasan

Half-Elf Erenagh ♂
Portrait of Jonas El-Hasan

They wear a pair of soft leather shoes.

Ideal: They seek the answer to unseating the gods.

Flaw: They are a perfectionist.

Bond: They will do whatever it takes to ensure their legacy survives.

“This wine tastes like poison.”

Durante Sten

Dwarf Potter ♂
Portrait of Durante Sten

Light seems to dim around their eyes.

Ideal: Without honor they are nothing.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about guilds.

Bond: Their research into forgotten magics will cast a dark shadow across the land.

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

Alan Freeman

Human Sorcerer ♂
Portrait of Alan Freeman

They wear an ornate metal bracer on their right arm.

Ideal: They hold total respect for their family.

Flaw: They get lost in deep thought frequently.

Bond: They once were kept prisoner by a rival nation.

“They say this place was built on top of an old ruin.”

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