Motley Crew: Session 0

 

After a series of unfortunate events (the quarantine, jobs, life, etc) stopped my local group from gaming outside of a few one shots ran by various members, we were able to get a Dungeons and Dragons 5e Campaign off of the ground.

After some discussion, the GM decided to run Descent into Avernus. So, this is everyone's one and only SPOILER WARNING! If anyone reading this plans to play in this campaign or is playing in it, there will be spoilers in the play reports. 

Without further ado, I will introduce our adventurers!

Garrett (H): Garrett is a Human Druid. Garrett is a folk hero who gives aid to those who can not help themselves. Originally from the deep north, Garrett escaped just ahead of a hunting party; he promised to return and free his people. Garret has a good heard and will not stand for any wrong done in his presence.

 

CAUSE OF DEATH: The sword of the Pirate Dead Eye in Elfsong Tavern during Session 1...

Merrick (B): Merrick Hawklin is a Human Paladin, of the Corymr Hawklins. Rough edged, but humble and down to earth despite his noble upbringing. Merrick acted as a local constable for a many years before succumbing to the need to fighter the bigger good fight which led him to putting in for an replacement. He hopes to earn the right to join the Purple Dragoons of Cormyr.

Theren (M): Theren Silverstar is a young Elf Wizard who just turned 100. His clan was slaughtered by orcs. He gathers experience and fame to fortify civilization’s edge, as a base of operations to take the fight back to the orcs. Theren is a practical and prudent man, using his skills and peoples ignorance to the best of his abilities. 

Tonic (T): Many years ago, a Drow trading post was raided under false pretense and just about all were killed. One of the Knights found a Drow baby and could not bring himself to kill it. So, he took it home and the Knight and his Wife raised the Drow child. During this time, the child was educated, trained in combat by his adopted father, and was basically the village secret as the drow child became known by the nickname of Tonic and was well liked by most. During Tonic's young adult years, the local lord found out about a village harboring a Drow and made a lot of threats and offered a lot of rewards to find who and where this Drow was. Tonic, to save his family and the village any trouble, left on his own to find his way in the world. 

Due to his lineage, Tonic ended up in a lot of fights and has plenty of scars to prove it. Tonic soon realized that people of a certain character and related jobs care a lot less what you look like as long as you do your job. This led Tonic down the road of being an enforcer for local guilds but eventually his dad's voice about honor crept back and he slightly altered his professional focus - he still thrives in the underground but works as a bounty hunter for whoever will pay. Regardless of this, Tonic is a logical man who has flexible morals but is loyal down to his last breath to his friends.

Bond/Flaw (Unknown to the rest of the Party): Before he found himself in Baldur's Gate, he once fell for a lady who didn't care about how he looked. Well, she fell victim to a mugging gone wrong and when Tonic returned to her city after a job to discover this fact, he tracked down the people that did it, killed them, and framed someone else for the crime.

 

Uthar (P): Uthar is a fighting Goliath that left his tribe as a young adult after a caravan stopped to trade for carouse for a week. Uthar saw all the glitter and glory that the wider world could offer. Uthar then spent a good amount of time working as a caravan guard and doing various mercenary work which lead him to Baldur's Gate. Uthar tends to get attention being 8 ft. tall and covered in tribal tattoos and scars from countless battles.

 

Gabriel: Gabriel made his living as a tracker, hunter, and teaching rich overfed nobles how to rough it in the woods. After a particular pompous noble decided to make Gabriel's life a living hell after a suffering a stupidity induced injury, Gabriel decided to get out of that business and started to travel from village to village and hunting for them. This eventually led Gabriel to Baldur's Gate where mercenary work become his only option for income. Gabriel was sent by Capt. Zogg to reinforce a particularly Motley Crew....

 

These people found themselves at Baldur's Gate for different reasons and each one have been within the Baldur's walls for various amounts of time. They well recruited into the Flaming Fists and were put together into a squad. They have been working together for weeks...