Jerome:
Lucien, the Human Fighter
Lucian was raised by his father on a small farm near Wanderer's Friend. He has only vague memories of his mother, who mysteriously vanished when he was less than a year old. Lucian's father was a mercenary in his younger years, and met his now estranged wife during a campaign in the frozen north. The sword Lucian carries, a bastard sword of exceptional make with a blade of blackened iron, originally belonged to his maternal grandfather and was part of his mother's dowry. Called the "Ebon Talon" according to the inscription on its blade, the sword was given to Lucian on his eighteenth birthday. Sword in hand, Lucian left the farm only days later in search of his mother, whom he both deeply resents and desperately longs to see again. This longing is slowly turning to desperation as he searches for answers regarding the unexplained sense of dread that has grown within him in recent years - answers his dreams say she has.
Lucian has the odd ability to sense familial connections between humanoids. It is especially strong with immmediate family members. He can almost unerringly sense how people are related through blood.
Reis:
Nakk, the Half-Elf rogue.
Nakk is a scoundrel, and a liar and a drunk.
His mother was an exceptionally beautiful tavern girl who lived in a thriving little merchant town. One night, a charismatic and mysterious elf appeared at her tavern, and swept her off her feet. The elf seduced her, promising her that he would love and devote himself to her for all eternity. Sadly, eternity turned out to be two weeks. When the poor barmaid woke up one glorious morning after a night of lovemaking, she found that the elf was gone, as were all of her possessions of any value. The maid refused to believe that the elf was not coming back. Nine months later, Nakk was born, but his mother never recovered from the loss of her beloved, and pined away slowly, dying when Nakk was about five years old.
Nakk was sent to a distant aunt who ran a brothel in a larger nearby city, so he grew up around hookers, gamblers and other various ne'er-do-wells, learning how to cheat at cards and dice and pull various other cons. He became adept at pick-pocketing. He was tolerated by most of the whores he grew up with, and adored and coddled by one or two. But he got into plenty of trouble and fights. When Nakk was 15 he finally left to hunt down his father. A year later, he found the elf in a tavern, drunk, and seducing another girl. Nakk spent enough time talking to his father to hear the elf boast of his magical throwing knives, then led him into the back alley and killed him in a fight. Nakk’s father had the beautiful silver throwing knives upon his person, which Nakk looted. He quickly became adept with them and used them almost exclusively in subsequent battles.
He discovered that his father’s drunken ramblings were based in truth. His daggers contained powers that could only be unlocked, one by one, when he came into contact with a new half-sibling who was sired by his father.
His anger at his father sated, he now had to figure out what to do with his life. When a serendipitous meeting came about, he decided to fall in with a young fighter who could sense the connection between family members. nakk planned on exploiting the fighter’s ability to lead him to more half-siblings, thereby unlocking more powers within his knives.
Plot point: Nakk is usually good at seducing women, especially ones who are attracted to trouble. However, for the past 6 months or so, he has had no luck whatsoever with any woman, even ones who would normally have simply fallen into his lap. He is concerned, but unable to figure out why he has had such a bad run of romantic luck.
