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Celina Pierce

Halfling Minstrel ♀
Portrait of Celina Pierce

People cheer when they enter a room.

Ideal: There is always a silver lining you just have to be willing to look hard enough.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about the city watch.

Bond: They swore to defend their ancestral home from celestial beings.

“You pribbling boil-brained barnacle!”

Tami Moran

Elf Storyteller ♀
Portrait of Tami Moran

They are never serious.

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

Flaw: They are spoiled.

Bond: They swore to sail around the world.

“Is it cold in here or is it me?”

Lariat Hadwell

Elf Debt Collector ♂
Portrait of Lariat Hadwell

Their hair is perfectly coiffed.

Ideal: They dream of travelling to far of places.

Flaw: They are obsessed with joining a magical bureaucracy.

Bond: They work long nights to undo a past misdeed.

“Did thou eat most well?”

Favian Carson

Dwarf Hayward ♂
Portrait of Favian Carson

They are always smoking a cigar.

Ideal: Anything is possible when applying pressure at the right places.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about dirt and trash.

Bond: They secretly wish to marry an old flame.

“They say there is necromancer somewhere in the area. I hope she can revive this sandwich.”

Eric Payne

Half-Orc Warlock ♂
Portrait of Eric Payne

They struggle to remember faces.

Ideal: They would do anything for a chance to perform on stage.

Flaw: They are obsessed with the power of magical flight.

Bond: They swore to defend their ancestral home from celestial beings.

“Your cheapest room, innkeep!”

Blake Aquilegia

Halfling Mercenary ⚥
Portrait of Blake Aquilegia

They have a sorrowful voice.

Ideal: Anything is possible with the devil on their side.

Flaw: They are constantly in self-inflicted debt.

Bond: They swore to unlock an enchanted chest.

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

Ceri Crewe

Tiefling Barmaid ♀
Portrait of Ceri Crewe

They are missing fingers.

Ideal: They will prove themselves to the world.

Flaw: They refuse to attend social functions with anyone from the "upper class".

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

“You impertinent half-faced apple-john!”

Sam Weston

Half-Elf Page ♂
Portrait of Sam Weston

They are very messy.

Ideal: No one tells them what to do.

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

Bond: They have faith that if they work hard things will go well.

“My peerless paramour.”

Joel AnaanShan

Human Druid ♂
Portrait of Joel AnaanShan

They have eye heterochromia -- One purple and one green.

Ideal: They would do anything to protect a circle of druids.

Flaw: They covet the life of a historic figure.

Bond: They protect their community from the old magics of the forest.

“Did you bring any tobacco with you today?”

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