Background: Raised by the "Cheese Cartel" in the Undercity slums. Stashes loot in his cheek pouches.
Key Tension: Has prejudice toward Dragonborne (from his "Ghost Sensei" dreams). Clashes with Haldor Stout or Elder Rykar.
Current Status: Wearing a bloody wolf pelt (+2 Intimidation, -4 Persuasion with civilians). Holds a mechanical goblin skull/ear trophy. Distrusts the party after the dagger incident.
Parallax / The General (Construct Barbarian)
Player Role: Heavy Striker / Feigned Mindlessness
Background: A massive 7-8ft Royal Gnomish Guard construct. Recently dropped his "mindless machine" act and revealed his true sentience.
Key Tension: Mistrusted "war relic" with internal dragonborne instincts. Instinctively stands at attention when Elder Rykar or Haldor Stout pass by.
Current Status: Now an active strategic voice in the party. Holds a "Prime Soul Stone."
Heinrich Louis Vuitton (Human Bard)
Player Role: Charming Bard / Economic Engine
Background: Disowned son of Louis Vuitton (leather goods). Worships Cayden Cailean. Dreams of opening the Heinrich Conservatoire de la Musique.
Key Tension: Financing the resistance via the fish trade. Hated by Alysande Thorne for undercutting her protein market.
Current Status: Sentenced to labor at Engineers Guild with Splinter. Employs Fred the Goblin.
Tibbald (Tiefling Urban Ranger)
Player Role: Tracker / Bounty Hunter
Background: Underworld associate. Deeply mistrustful of Bippy, who shorted him on a job via a "Tiefling Tax."
Key Tension: Holds the stolen Ruby Dagger. Knows the specific noble family who last owned it.
Current Status: Driving force behind unraveling the Ruby Dagger mystery.
The Druid (Outcast Healer)
Player Role: Altruistic Medic / Nature-focused
Background: Outcast war-healer from the 200-year civil war. Many "Augmented" citizens owe their lives to his medical work.
Key Tension: Responsible for many Augmented survivors' lives. Can hear the "hum" in constructs.
Current Status: Investigating the "Burning Roots." Holds an active tracking bracelet inscribed with a "K" (looted from Syndicate wolves).