Characters
Max Nighy
Their hair twinkles with small faerie lights.
Ideal: Faith is for the weak.
Flaw: They are too forward.
Bond: They were abandoned as a child and are searching for their family.
“You puking ill-breeding maggot!”
Miriam Dempsy
They are always smoking a cigarette.
Ideal: The true path to power is kindless.
Flaw: They have a bias against orphans.
Bond: They abandined their home to fund a sailing expedition.
“Has anyone seen my gold? I lost my gold!”
Phoebe Northrend
They have a foreign quality to their voice.
Ideal: All that matters is finding their missing keys.
Flaw: They are obsessed with necromancy.
Bond: They secretly sponsor an orphanage.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies dead, that's what I always say.”
Nikolas Shalamayne
They carry a leather bullwhip at their hip.
Ideal: Anything is possible with the devil on their side.
Flaw: They are clumsy.
Bond: They once watched a necromancer bring someone back from the dead.
“Dull blades need constant sharpening to stave off the forces of evil.”
Maggie Enola
They wear aristocratic robes.
Ideal: The only constant in this world is the gods.
Flaw: They have a terrible singing voice, of which they are oblivious.
Bond: They will do whatever it takes to prove they are the strongest.
“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”
Petra Einar
They are always serious.
Ideal: The only constant in this world is the gods.
Flaw: They are obsessed with a fey lord.
Bond: They are working to pay off an old debt.
“I heard there were fell tidings coming out of the west.”
Elise Ellis
Their clothes are filthy.
Ideal: Anything is possible with a little muscle.
Flaw: They have a bias against animals.
Bond: They abandoned a loved one to save their community.
“A plague upon thee!”
Marcellus Kaye
They have eye heterochromia -- One black and one white.
Ideal: They would do anything for their nation.
Flaw: They are naive about people outside their social circle.
Bond: They swore to defend their community from a group of evil wizards.
“Dull blades need constant sharpening to stave off the forces of evil.”
Avery Davis
They carry two small children on their back.
Ideal: They only feel alive when walking through untamed wilderness.
Flaw: They steal food even when they are not hungry.
Bond: They swore to solve an ancient riddle.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies dead, that's what I always say.”
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