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Blake Altharia

Tiefling Busker ⚥
Portrait of Blake Altharia

They wear a pair of fine leather boots.

Ideal: The true path to power is at the end of their fist.

Flaw: They are habitual liars.

Bond: They swore to defeat their rival in a cooking contest.

“This wine tastes like rose petals.”

Melissa Stormrage

Halfling Juggler ♀
Portrait of Melissa Stormrage

They avoid cracks in the pavement.

Ideal: Respect must be earned.

Flaw: They always follow orders.

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

“Only the foolhardy travel at night without a torch.”

River Mournhell

Human Woodcutter ⚥
Portrait of River Mournhell

They wear a pair of soft leather shoes.

Ideal: Anything is possible with their friends at their side.

Flaw: They fly into a rage at the drop of a hat.

Bond: Their life's work is to erect beautiful statues around the place.

“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.”

Abbas Davis

Dwarf Baron ♂
Portrait of Abbas Davis

They eat everything with their hands.

Ideal: Glory can only be found at the end of a sword.

Flaw: They have a bias against larger cities.

Bond: They swore to defend their ancestral home from abyssal terrors.

“Me only loves are the sea, and this here parrot.”

Marlon Everett

Half-Orc Bargeman ♂
Portrait of Marlon Everett

Their hair is waxed into sharp points.

Ideal: Emotions cloud your judgement.

Flaw: They covet the lifestyle of an easy-going druid.

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

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

Sarab Weston

Tiefling Mathematician ⚥
Portrait of Sarab Weston

They are always polite.

Ideal: They hold total respect for their elders.

Flaw: They enjoy violence.

Bond: Their research into forgotten magics will put the rightful ruler on the throne.

“Ugh, I'm too old to worry about what's happening in another place.”

Elisha Shad

Tiefling Fighter ♀
Portrait of Elisha Shad

They have a strange echo to their voice.

Ideal: The only constant in this world is chaos.

Flaw: They covet the loved one of a rival.

Bond: They swore to defend a city from corruption.

“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.”

Eve Rowe

Tiefling Chimney Sweeper ♀
Portrait of Eve Rowe

A tamed badger walks by their side.

Ideal: They only feel alive when performing death-defying acts.

Flaw: Magic is unnatural as are all those who practice it!

Bond: They are dedicated to preserving the history of their people.

“I heard the prince is getting married.”

Farquesh Hardaxe

Half-Orc Tattooist ♂
Portrait of Farquesh Hardaxe

They wear the heraldry of a rival nation.

Ideal: They dream of perfecting a baking recipe.

Flaw: They are compulsive gamblers.

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

“Fare thee well.”

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