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Caroc Cruise

Half-Orc Fighter ♂
Portrait of Caroc Cruise

They don't have any teeth.

Ideal: Their family will always come first.

Flaw: They have tremendous difficulty with remembering important dates.

Bond: They swore to defend their community from a group of evil wizards.

“No one else in town can lift a horse like me.”

Sawyer Spring

Human Gravedigger ⚥
Portrait of Sawyer Spring

They are afraid of children.

Ideal: They inform their decisions from historical precedents.

Flaw: They blindly seek revenge against a band of adventurers.

Bond: They used to be an adventurer until a wound took them out of action.

“Salutations.”

Angar Vonner

Half-Orc Sailor ♂
Portrait of Angar Vonner

They have an ancient quality to their voice.

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

Flaw: They mutter curse words during inopportune moments.

Bond: They are determined to live free at any cost.

“Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render every one his due.”

Kharda Deverin

Human Barbarian ♀
Portrait of Kharda Deverin

They have missing teeth.

Ideal: They hold total respect for their guild.

Flaw: They break into dance at the slightest provocation.

Bond: They hunt in the darkest dungeons to keep their community safe.

“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”

Tavi Freeman

Dwarf Prisoner ♂
Portrait of Tavi Freeman

They wear a dinged and pitted town guard armor.

Ideal: They would do anything to overcome a rival.

Flaw: They covet the loved one of a rival.

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

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

Arish Rucker

Halfling Student ♂
Portrait of Arish Rucker

They move very quickly.

Ideal: The happiness of their friends is more important than their own happiness.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about aasimar.

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

“Want to hear a story?”

Kael Marid

Tiefling Cabbie ♂
Portrait of Kael Marid

They walk with a cane.

Ideal: They seek the thrill of discovery.

Flaw: If people are kind to them they will tell them anything.

Bond: They once sailed the seas as a prisoner.

“I had a sword like that once...”

Martha Embers

Tiefling Monk ♀
Portrait of Martha Embers

They have a tattoo of a mermaid on their bicep.

Ideal: Emotions have no place in combat.

Flaw: They covet the attention of a distant relative.

Bond: They once performed clerical duties for a temple.

“I wish I could fly.”

Kyris Wrynn

Tiefling Monk ♂
Portrait of Kyris Wrynn

They wear dusty farmer's clothes.

Ideal: They are drawn to heal the wounds of animals.

Flaw: They are naive about people outside their social circle.

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

“This ale tastes like dirt.”

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