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Badaar Davis

Half-Elf Jester ♂
Portrait of Badaar Davis

They have to have constant stimulation (touch/sound/visual)

Ideal: They hold total respect for untamed nature.

Flaw: They constantly obsess over money issues.

Bond: Guilt eats away at their every thought.

“Dull blades need constant sharpening to stave off the forces of evil.”

Isabelle Loch

Human Leatherworker ♀
Portrait of Isabelle Loch

They wear a beautiful jade bracelet on their right hand.

Ideal: They seek the answer to unseating the gods.

Flaw: They trust the church blindly.

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

“Thou art a strapping young lad.”

Charlie Abasi

Half-Orc Historian ⚥
Portrait of Charlie Abasi

Their arms are tattooed.

Ideal: The gods reward perseverance

Flaw: They are obsessed with an abominable elder god.

Bond: They preserve written knowledge for future generations.

“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.”

Riley Bozier

Elf Spy ⚥
Portrait of Riley Bozier

They shuffle their feet.

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

Flaw: They deny the existence of the gods.

Bond: They travel the place with a band of clerics.

“Where's the nearest blacksmith?”

Doran Bradley

Gnome Innkeeper ⚥
Portrait of Doran Bradley

A tamed hummingbird sits on their shoulder.

Ideal: Emotions hold us back.

Flaw: They show cowardice when faced with their own shortcomings.

Bond: They swore to save every copper piece.

“Back in my day....”

Elise Everett

Halfling Chandler ♀
Portrait of Elise Everett

They carry a quiver full of red and black fletched arrows

Ideal: Anything is possible with the theives' guild at their beck and call.

Flaw: They only trust members of their own race.

Bond: They are keeping an ancient text hidden from those that would see it destroyed.

“Oh, what I'd give to hear her voice again...”

Bundringo Duffield

Elf Teacher ⚥
Portrait of Bundringo Duffield

Their lip(s) are pierced.

Ideal: They only feel alive when running from authority.

Flaw: They are obsessed with a long-forgotten diety.

Bond: They swore to find the secret to transmute lead into gold.

“Hey! This isn't real gold!”

Liberty Coal

Tiefling Warlock ♀
Portrait of Liberty Coal

Their nose whistles sofly as they breathe.

Ideal: Anything is possible with the fighter's guild at their beck and call.

Flaw: They have a strong paranoia about the number 9.

Bond: They once studied at a renowned university.

“I've got friends in very low places.”

Franklin Clarke

Gnome Bishop ♂
Portrait of Franklin Clarke

They have six fingers on their right hand.

Ideal: They hold total respect for untamed nature.

Flaw: They are bitter.

Bond: They once were kept prisoner by a group of wizards.

“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”

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