Your Characters

Anya Tiefling Bard, Lvl 2 · Noble

Charisma-focused (17), with strong Persuasion, Deception, and Performance. Infernal Legacy grants thaumaturgy, hellish rebuke, and darkness; resistant to fire damage. Bardic Inspiration and Jack of All Trades round out a classic support and face build.

Anya has a natural personal and social tie to the Fort York forge, where tieflings are common. That is her doorway into the campaign’s opening rumour, and her ongoing emotional bridge to the forge community throughout.

Azorin Dragonborn Fighter, Lvl 3 · Folk Hero

Strength-focused (15) with Blue Dragon ancestry — lightning breath weapon, lightning resistance. Two-Weapon Fighting with Nick, Vex, and Sap weapon mastery properties across scimitar, handaxe, and morningstar. Lawful Good.

Bond: his tools are symbols of his past life. Hook: a tyrant back home wants him dead.

Ben Elf (Drow lineage) Cleric, Lvl 1 · Criminal / Spy

Wisdom and Charisma focused, Divine Order: Thaumaturge. Drow lineage grants 120 ft. darkvision and innate spellcasting. Chaotic Neutral — slow to trust, values people over ideals.

Bond: intends to become “the greatest thief that ever lived” — an interesting tension against a party otherwise oriented toward duty and honour. Fort York’s heavily guarded, double-locked Stone Powder Magazine is exactly the kind of target that would appeal to him.

Guthrum the Good Human Paladin, Lvl 3 · Noble

Strength and Charisma focused (16/15), Great Weapon Fighting style, Divine Sense, Lay on Hands, Divine Smite. Lawful Good.

Ideals: family and noble obligation. Flaw: secretly believes everyone is beneath him — useful friction against both Anya’s tiefling forge-worker ties and Ben’s criminal background.

Party Read

A Noble bard and a Noble paladin bookend a Folk Hero fighter and a Criminal/Spy cleric — built-in tension between duty and honour (Guthrum, Azorin) and looser loyalties (Ben), with Anya positioned as the emotional bridge to the tiefling forge community and, by extension, into the main mystery.