List of Characters

## The Monk

His parents missing and presumed dead, he was taken in by an order of monks known as the Wyldshaper Druids. Ascetic monks who to attain a spiritual connection to nature, and the cycle of life.

He was raised by the monks, and took their messages to heart, they shaped his upbringing. They taught him their ways and their powers. The monks taught him martial arts, and how to tap into his primal energy to aid this fighting. The way of the Wyldshaper is one that mixes martial arts with shapeshifting, making on aspects or forms of animals, and sometimes plants, to develop an intricate fighting style.

But he could do something the others could not, he could tap into the spiritual nature of the forest. He could speak to the raw primal energy that permeates the wild parts of the world, and he could see the flow of life.

The other monks of course took this as a great gift, but it had an effect on him, and his psyche. He grew up as something of a maverick among the druids, and had difficulty following the more simple rules. Eventually, the culmination of years questioning authority came to fruition, and he was expelled from the order.

But not all was a waste. He continues to follow the basic principles of protecting the natural and untouched parts of the world. To try and protect balance, and the wildlife that resides there.

## The Herald

He has heard his master's call, and he intends to answer.

Since as long as he can remember, he has been put a vessel for his true master, and tool by which his slumbering lord can interact and manipulate the world. This is how the Herald sees things.

He is guided by dreams and visions, whispers in the darkness and from the stars. They guide him, and give him glimpses of the future, and what he must do to achieve the inconceivable ends of his master's will.

For the Herald, the parts of a person is a matter of fundamentals. He understands the separation between body and soul, and the distinction in which he should interact with either. Like his master uses him, so does he use the bodies of those who have departed as tools for his master's bidding. He understands the art of Necromancy.

Over the years, the Herald has relied on a variety of means to secure wealth and resources. In some instances he will turn to more clandestine means, but for the most part he simply lends his talents to those willing to pay, and stomach his methods

## The Blightwitch

Decay is a part of the cycle of life, but is not something many involve themselves in. The Blightwitch does exactly this, and completely takes the mantle of the bringer of pestilence and decay.

Born to simple and humble beginnings, she found herself developing an intuitive connection to the agents of rot. Her childhood home was plagued by bouts of infestation and disease, which her family eventually succumbed to.

On the last of her parents death, she was driven from her home by a mob of concerned citizens, demanding her head on a spike for bringing such ill will.

Since the, she has made her keep through less than honest means. Insects make great partners in crime, and her powers make robbery simple. Such as life has given her a very grey outlook on morality, and feels that she simply does what she needs to survive.

She stands now, at a precarious crossroads in her life. Part of her wishes simply to hide away from the rest of humanity, and the other wishes to bring her plague to all. The next steps she takes, will be crucial.

## The Valkyrie

The daughter of medium sized chiefdom in Dai Riatta, the Valkyrie was one of many that fled her home after a series of Noregar invasions. While a teenager she fought hard, but ultimately had to flee. Her family was killed in the attacks, but a loyal retainer took her under his wing.

At first, she was trained as part of a mercenary group that the diaspora created; the Forty Pikes. But the group fell to disrepute, and she left to make it on her own. The training left her a skilled fighter and leader, being able to fight effectively on her own, or as part of a unit

Since her early years she and others had sensed power within her. It was during battle that she realized her ability; she could adsorb the pain and suffering of others, and use it to enhance her own strength. With it, she helped bring vengeance to those that fought against her, and to bring peace to the fallen in their final moments.

While adventuring has brought her fortune and some degree of fame, she longs for her homeland. The southern lands are not hers, and are unwelcoming to a shieldmaiden such as herself. One day, she vows, she will return to her birthright, and reclaim it from those who took it from her.

## The Beastman

Born in the wilds, and raised in the wilds, The Beastman is a torrential force of nature. While born an elf, the being he has since become is something much more than this; a body molded by both a harsh life in the wilderness, and pure unbridled atavism.

He speaks and understands the common tongue well enough, but will rarely speak, and if he does it is only in simple terms. He is an animal through and through, and animals speak through action.

Not even he could tell you about the earliest parts of his life, only that he has spent them roaming the forests of Kembre, hunting as a wolf. Later, as humans in the region began to move further into the forests, he took his first steps into civilization.

While hesitant at first, he soon realised that he had much to offer, at first in hunting wild game, and later as a mercenary. Now, in the decades since this first interaction, he is a weapon for hire.

While his adeptness at Atavism is without a doubt, his use of it is that of a muscle. He does not think or plan, but merely will. His body will adapt to his needs, as it has done in the past.