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Hello santa :) These are my characters!

  • Full Name: Pelleport, son of Pellet
    Alias: Leonardo Stromboli
    Species: Owlin
    Class: Level 5 Thief Rogue
    Background: Monster Hunter
    Education: Blacksmith’s Apprentice
    Occupation: Member of the Big Game’s Take
    Age: 18
    Height: 0.8m / 2’7” (Small)
    Weight: 50kg / 110lbs

  • Stromboli is an extravagant individual who near-exclusively refers to himself in the third person. He is passionate about his interests—particularly food—and is quick to form an opinion, and very rarely changes his mind after forming one. Due to his ruse to become a monster hunter, Stromboli suffers a severe case of imposter syndrome, wanting to feel of use and be useful anywhere and always.

  • Stromboli’s physiology is based off the Eastern Screech-Owl and Eurasian Eagle Owl. His plumage is varying shades of brown, ranging from very light beige to dark chocolate. He has emotive yellow eyes which are just slightly too large for his face, and large ‘ear tufts’ which move to emphasize his facial expressions.

    Stromboli wears baggy, comfortable clothing, which allow for a great range of movement. His lower legs are covered in wool leg wraps to shield them from water, rain, or monster guts. He wears leather armour—although it remains largely concealed underneath a custom, ruby-red poncho, featuring a hood, slits for Stromboli’s wings, and sewn-in pouches containing everything he needs on a whim in battle. Stromboli carries around a six-shooter as his weapon of choice. Although its design is simple, he puts great care into maintaining it.

  • Pelleport borrowed the name Leonardo Stromboli from his favourite book, read to him by his now-deceased father. His greatest wish is to become a famous monster hunter, believing it to be his father’s wish for him and wanting to make him proud.

    After failing to join the Big Game’s Take on his first attempt, he tried again successfully under the moniker Stromboli—a false alias he upheld until the very end of his time with the guild and disclosing his true identity only to his closest friend and colleague Dartanian.

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POD

  • Full Name: Pod
    Species: Centaur
    Class: Level 3 Falconer, Level 1 Fighter, Level 1 Warlock
    Background: Ruined
    Education: Squired under Kramer of Elmsfort
    Occupation: Squire (Formerly), Adventurer
    Age: 21
    Height: 2.6m / 8’6” (Medium)
    Weight: 900kg / 1985lbs

  • Despite is towering stature, Pod is a largely timid individual who is aware of his own intellectual shortcomings, preferring to let others do the talking. When he does get to talking, however, it is hard for him to stop. Perhaps due to his unconvential physiology, Pod’s biggest insecurity is his difficulty forming connections with those around him. However, to those he considers his friends, he is fiercely protective and loyal.

  • A centaur with the lower body of a bulky draft horse and the upper body befitting that of a manual labourer. Pod’s skin is tanned, covered in freckles and sunspots, and features both old–and new scars. His lower half has hair the same colour as his head’s—a dark brunette, patterned in an overo coat of ash blonde hair. His feet and clothing are muddied, covered in the muck of countless hours spent on dirt roads. He is dressed in a once-beige, now greyish brown tunic and a threadbare, checkered green-and-red blanket. He wears a burgundy beret which sits snugly on his lopsided left ear, and is clad in practical armour of a mixture of both leather and metal. He carries all his belongings on his back, save for a greatsword roughly as long as a tall human and a hounskull bascinet helmet, which he carries on his flanks.

  • Pod never knew his parents, but he knows he’s from Ambresfeas, which is where he was taken on by the knight errant Kramer of Elmsfort at a very early age. Until he was seventeen, Pod travelled with Kramer, learning the art of swordsmanship and falconry. 

    After Kramer’s death, Pod wandered Ehrondell for a few months until he was taken on as a member of the Six of Swords, with whom he would spend the next three years of his life. They gave him a young nimrod pigeon for his eighteenth birthday, whom he named Nimbus. Not long after, through a series of unfortunate events, Pod found himself flung-forward thirty years into the future with nothing but the belongings on his back, Nimbus, and a lantern bestowed upon him by a mysterious, seemingly benevolent entity who guides him on his journey.

Staffin

  • Full Name: Staffin Eberhann
    Alias: Staffin of Ramsgate
    Species: Fire Genasi
    Class: Level 5 Pilot Artificer
    Background: Criminal
    Education: None
    Occupation: Thief
    Age: 25
    Height: 1.8m / 5’9” (Medium)
    Weight: 75kg / 165lbs

  • Staffin, more than anything, believes actions speak louder than words. This pragmatic approach to life’s problems can make him seem somewhat cold or uncaring, but nothing is further from the truth, as is made clear when conversing with him—he simply believes that soothing words aren’t quite as effective a remedy to problems as a 3-ton mech oftentimes is. Given his troubled past, Staffin has developed the habit of chainsmoking as a coping mechanism—believing his being a Fire Genasi means he is immune to the health problems the habit usually brings about.

  • Staffin is clothed in oil-stained leather clothing. The ochre jacket wrapped around his waist is used less as such than a rag to wipe away grime during his tinkering. He carries an array of pouches on his belt, containing a pandemonium of screws, plugs, and tools, save for one: his prized pouch of bottomless cigars. Staffin’s hair, originally ginger, smolders with elemental energy ever since becoming a Fire Genasi.

    Staffin’s mech (simply named Big Mech) is a heavily modified dwarven rig, repaired innumerable times with whatever materials were available at that time.

  • Staffin was forced into a life of petty thievery after his parents untimely death, which put him and his sister on the streets. After being caught attempting to rob a jeweler, he was sentenced to six years of heavy labour. During his incarceration, Staffin proved himself an adept tinkerer, going so far as to eventually gain the permission to repair the mechs used around the prison camp to move heavy goods. His imprisonment ended early after stumbling upon an ancient, long-buried gate to the Elemental Plane of Fire, which imbued him with elemental energy—transforming him into the Fire Genasi he is now—and set loose fire elementals which destroyed the camp. Staffin survived, escaping in one of the prison’s mech. Ever since, he’s lived a fugitive’s life, rarely spending long stretches of time in a single place.