Heroes
The ready-made heroes you can start with or recruit. Each has a story of their own and opinions about what the party does (Companion Approval).
Godrick Pendlebrook
Goliath Paladin (Oath of Devotion), Noble. A shield, a longsword and a smile that has talked him out of more trouble than his head has.
He swore at Sir Pellam's deathbed to carry the old knight's sword to the Order of the Silver Dragon, somewhere in a land of mists, and be knighted there. He has practised kneeling.
Species: Goliath · Class: Paladin · Background: Noble · Scores: STR 15, DEX 10, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 12, CHA 14 · Pronouns: he/him
Hedda Ironvow
Dwarf Cleric (Life Domain), Acolyte. A healer in a shirt of mail who keeps the party standing.
Night after night she dreams of a dying sun and a silver raven clutching a sunburst; her temple's oldest book says the symbol was lost in a land of mists.
Species: Dwarf · Class: Cleric · Background: Acolyte · Scores: STR 14, DEX 8, CON 13, INT 10, WIS 15, CHA 12 · Pronouns: she/her
Ilse Varga
Human Fighter (Champion), Soldier. A greatsword, heavy armor and the stubbornness to outlast the night.
Her mercenary company vanished on a fog-bound road a year ago; the only trace was a sealed letter of invitation signed with a single ornate S.
Species: Human · Class: Fighter · Background: Soldier · Scores: STR 15, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 12 · Pronouns: she/her
Kip Smudgewick
Tiefling Warlock (Fiend Patron), Merchant. Eldritch fire, a cart of apricots and a contract he reads every night by candlelight.
When the blight took his family's orchard he signed a devil's contract to save it. The devil has offered him one way out: bring back a signature from the lord of a land of mists. The apricots never rot now.
Species: Tiefling · Class: Warlock · Background: Merchant · Scores: STR 8, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 12, WIS 10, CHA 15 · Pronouns: he/him
Liriel Dawnsong
High Elf Cleric (Light Domain), Acolyte. Radiant fire, healing hands and a faith that has never once been asked to bend.
On the morning of her vows the Morninglord showed her a valley where the sun had not risen in four hundred years, and a voice that said: carry the dawn there. She has never doubted a vision in her life.
Species: Elf · Class: Cleric · Background: Acolyte · Scores: STR 8, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 10, WIS 15, CHA 12 · Pronouns: she/her
Ratatouille
High Elf Wizard (Diviner), Artisan. A spellbook, a skillet and an urgent need to be taken seriously.
Nobody sat with him at the academy until he learned to throw fire. Then he heard of a great Wizard of Wines beyond the mists, a master of magic and the table both, and set out to become his apprentice.
Species: Elf · Class: Wizard · Background: Artisan · Scores: STR 8, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 15, WIS 12, CHA 10 · Pronouns: he/him
Silvain Aster
High Elf Wizard (Evoker), Sage. Fire, frost and a growing spellbook.
They are hunting a book rumored to be written in a vampire's own hand, its last owner a scholar who walked into the mists and wrote home once: 'He knows I am reading.'
Species: Elf · Class: Wizard · Background: Sage · Scores: STR 8, DEX 12, CON 13, INT 15, WIS 14, CHA 10 · Pronouns: they/them
Tamsin Tealeaf
Halfling Rogue (Thief), Criminal. Quick fingers, quicker feet and Expertise in getting into places.
He lifted a silver locket from a nobleman's coach; the portrait inside is of a red-haired woman he has never met, and he dreams of her calling his name.
Species: Halfling · Class: Rogue · Background: Criminal · Scores: STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 14, WIS 10, CHA 8 · Pronouns: he/him
Thistle
Human Ranger (Hunter), Guide. A longbow, a loud laugh and no idea what a fork is for.
The old trapper who raised her in the deep woods followed a wolf the size of a pony into a wall of fog and didn't come back. She has followed his trail blazes ever since, and they lead here.
Species: Human · Class: Ranger · Background: Guide · Scores: STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 14, CHA 10 · Pronouns: she/her
Wren Featherfoot
Halfling Monk (Warrior of the Open Hand), Entertainer. Fast hands, faster feet and the last word in every argument.
His old master, a dusk elf who never spoke of where he came from, died last winter and left Wren one errand: a letter for a brother named Kasimir, in the valley where the sun doesn't rise.
Species: Halfling · Class: Monk · Background: Entertainer · Scores: STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 14, CHA 10 · Pronouns: he/him