# Heroes

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/heroes.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/companion-approval.md)).

## Godrick Pendlebrook
![godrick pendlebrook](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/godrick-pendlebrook.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/paladin.md) · **Background:** Noble · **Scores:** STR 15, DEX 10, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 12, CHA 14 · **Pronouns:** he/him

## Hedda Ironvow
![hedda ironvow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/hedda-ironvow.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/cleric.md) · **Background:** Acolyte · **Scores:** STR 14, DEX 8, CON 13, INT 10, WIS 15, CHA 12 · **Pronouns:** she/her

## Ilse Varga
![ilse varga](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/ilse-varga.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/fighter.md) · **Background:** Soldier · **Scores:** STR 15, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 12 · **Pronouns:** she/her

## Kip Smudgewick
![kip smudgewick](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/kip-smudgewick.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/warlock.md) · **Background:** Merchant · **Scores:** STR 8, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 12, WIS 10, CHA 15 · **Pronouns:** he/him

## Liriel Dawnsong
![liriel dawnsong](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/liriel-dawnsong.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/cleric.md) · **Background:** Acolyte · **Scores:** STR 8, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 10, WIS 15, CHA 12 · **Pronouns:** she/her

## Ratatouille
![ratatoille](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/ratatoille.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/wizard.md) · **Background:** Artisan · **Scores:** STR 8, DEX 14, CON 13, INT 15, WIS 12, CHA 10 · **Pronouns:** he/him

## Silvain Aster
![silvain aster](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/silvain-aster.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/wizard.md) · **Background:** Sage · **Scores:** STR 8, DEX 12, CON 13, INT 15, WIS 14, CHA 10 · **Pronouns:** they/them

## Tamsin Tealeaf
![tamsin tealeaf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/tamsin-tealeaf.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/rogue.md) · **Background:** Criminal · **Scores:** STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 14, WIS 10, CHA 8 · **Pronouns:** he/him

## Thistle
![thistle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/thistle.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/ranger.md) · **Background:** Guide · **Scores:** STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 14, CHA 10 · **Pronouns:** she/her

## Wren Featherfoot
![wren featherfoot](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/wren-featherfoot.webp)
*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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/characters/classes/monk.md) · **Background:** Entertainer · **Scores:** STR 12, DEX 15, CON 13, INT 8, WIS 14, CHA 10 · **Pronouns:** he/him