What price pragmatism?

Warlord, Relic Hunter and sometimes Husband

The wife of Halldor and rising matriarch of the Vineblud clan.

A ruthless noble woman of court and the Dragon's head of the chimera.

An old Devotee of the Way of Roarck and High Official in the Kingdom of Parna

A young Noble and Holy Warrior

A young Holy Warrior and Noble.

A lot of what adventurers do is illegal, from fighting and carrying weapons in towns, to robbery and tomb raiding. Sooner or later, many of them are going to be arrested and find themselves up before a judge.

Aging Queen Seeking Her Successor

A thin, dainty old woman with a love of both gardening and the physical suffering of others.

What kind of man orders the death of the King?

Important NPCs within Machias.

Born to King John XVII, Hope did not get standard princess treatment. Yes, she was locked away in a tower, and yes, there was the standard moat of flaming lava, but unlike all the other spoiled brats, she didn't get a dragon. Hope Rexian had to make do with a demon. And this particular demon couldn't even breathe fire! Simply pathetic job done by the cosmos. Hope may have gotten the valiant-knight-who-happens-to-be-called-Prince-Charming-riding-in-and-killing-guardian-on-noble-steed treatment, but some things just won't do. You can't just mess with tradition like that!

If you were to wander the Spiked Sea today this is one of the movers and shakers you might meet.

The heir to the throne is hiding more than a few secrets...

'Aye, there be a lot of dwarves 'round these parts now'a'days. Why? 'Cause that Groggar kicked 'em out of their caves. Groggar the Genius they call him. Them dwarves now hate his guts, which is a lot o' hate for a race that they used to call 'infeior.''

-Old Gerald, man in the pub.

The Pig King, the great tyrant, the King who's hunger cannot be sated.

So, Lord and Lady Brennan definitely must sit together, but not too close to either of the Fletchers. General Schneider will cause a scene if he gets stuck next to one of those "brownnosed royalists," but his wife will be upset if she isn't next to one of the king's confidantes. I think we'll have to do it this way....

100-Word Villian

Madness lingers there, in the broken corners of his mind.