Player characters

Active party (at the table & in the novel)

Thorn Axehand, Loki, Derek, Dave, and Nibbles McPicklepants.

Full backgrounds and portraits: party-backgrounds.md
NPC ally: garnel-stoneblender.md

Thorn Axehand

• Player:
• Race / class:
• Role in party: Fighter; leads from the front
• Personality:
• Voice / speech:
• Goals:
• Notes from play:

Loki

• Type: Thorn’s guard dog (animal companion)
• Personality: Fearless, loyal, excellent nose, loves sausages
• Notes from play: Slayer of Ratbag; crowd favourite

Derek

• Player:
• Race / class: Dwarf cleric
• Role in party: Tank, healer, calm centre
• Personality: Named after Stranger Things hero; unflappable
• Voice / speech: Dry, practical
• Goals:
• Notes from play:

Dave

• Player:
• Race / class: Copper dragonborn wizard (young)
• Build: Six foot seven — exceptionally tall for a dragonborn, and still growing into it
• Familiar: Peggy — pseudodragon. Dave calls her Pegs (unexplained). Scouts ahead when sent; Dave enters a trance to see and hear through her senses; often rests in the pocket dimension between summons
• Role in party: Arcane damage; comic relief that works
• Personality: Magic missile → potatoes; poison breath when threatened
• Voice / speech: Earnest, hopeful
• Goals: Better spells, spellbook, magical ink
• Notes from play: Peggy scouted the goblin cave before the party entered (Ch 1)

Nibbles McPicklepants

• Player:
• Race / class: Dragonborn rogue
• Role in party: Skills, traps, treasure, sneak attacks
• Personality: Curious, greedy, ambitious poison collector
• Voice / speech: Quick, cheeky
• Goals: Poison, upgrades, hidden doors, wealth
• Notes from play:

Future characters (not in the campaign yet)

Willow Starbloom

• Player: Peter’s daughter — not yet joined the campaign
• Race / class: Druid (intended)
• Background: Born the night a shooting star fell into the forest; druids believe she is tied to it
• Goals: Find pieces of the fallen star; understand her magic and destiny
• Novel: Do not include in published chapters until she appears at the table
• Source: party-backgrounds.md

Party dynamics