Secrets of the Greenwold PC creation/advancement

@spaceseeker19 What is the symbol of Ellendaed? I think Gunter will have it emblazoned on his shield.

@WhiteDwarf So shall we say we fought together against a rampaging hobgoblin army?

Yes, I think that fits well, and thank you.

Okay, finally finished writing up the embellishments to Morik's background. Just wrote it in a rush, but it'll do.

The symbols of Ellendaed are as varied as the foundational stories of the valiant faithful. You can come up with your own, or use one of these:

Some peoples use the symbol of a golden fist raised on a red background which represents Brall, who fought the demon horde of Maggotha, slaying the cursed foes until the bodies were stacked in heaps, until his sword and shield broke, and he fought on with his bare fists. Brall's Fury is a constellation that many sailors use to navigate at sea.

Other cultures use the argent ellipse above the three golden stars, which represents Harlathacon, who tore the wing from the great Wyrm Ramfardraxagul and wrapped his shield in it to defend the three orphaned children, Dan, Hin, and Lathe, from the Flame Sorcerers of Dambar. Many cultures claim Dan, Hin, or Lathe as their progenitor. (On a side note: traditional Ellendaed and Greaf lore teaches that it was Ellendaed who guided the hero to occupy the greatest forces of Dambar, the old god of death, long enough that Her brother Greaf could cast Dambar down and take his throne.)

Many societies who claim to be descended from one of the three siblings nevertheless use the ebon rectangle standing vertical on a verdant plane, which represents Tiuroti, who was the son of Gideon and an elven queen. So noble, powerful, and wise was Tiuroti that all the other gods tried to convince him to become their champion.
"Join me and I will give you the stars in the sky!" offered Lunae. Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Seven times Beran came to him, offering him immortality through bounteous progeny. "You will have all the lovers you desire, and your descendants will outnumber the waves on the sea, and all will revere your name!" Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Wise Andgyt came to him: "Join with me and you will have the total knowledge of all things that ever were or ever will be." Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Tilthar came to him and offered: "Stand by my side and you will never want for comfort or know hunger or lack again." Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Glenglean came to him, saying "All the riches of all the worlds I lay at your feet, if only you will join me." Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Red-handed Dreor came to him. "Be my right hand, and you will win every battle. All the worlds will be yours to conquer!" Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Greaf came to him then, promising: "If you but take my hand, you will never die but live forever." Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Crafty Stalian whispered in his ear: "Surely there is something you want. Anything you desire, I will steal it for you and you can keep it in secret." Tiuroti said nothing, and the god left.
Ellendaed came, and she said nothing.
Eventually, Tiuroti said: "What treasure have you come to offer me?" "I offer you only hardship and strife, challenge and struggle, terror and defeat." Ellendaed replied. "These hardly seem worthwhile." Tiuroti replied, intrigued. "To what end do you offer me these things?" Ellendaed smiled. "For the glory. No matter how frightened, how beaten, how opposed you may become, you will be known for your bravery and persistence for all time." And Tiuroti smiled.

I shall honor Brall, who was clearly a dwarf, unyielding as stone. His golden fist shall adorn my red shield.

OK, I think we're set. Not everyone took my suggestions, and that's OK. All the characters are public, and linked from the first post in this thread. Thank you, everyone!

Let's begin!

I still intend to take most of it, I've just been a bit slow in putting pen to paper.

I'm in the same place, slowly working on finishing.

Nice! Morik would, of course, have taught Bram essential dwarven words first: drinks and curse words!

Ha! Yes!

We have a couple of players who will be joining us shortly; would those of you who are using different character sheets than the default GP D&D 5e sheet share which sheet you are using, in case they'd like to use a more complete/better organized sheet?

I use these ones https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/24659/ though I do tend to modify mine quite heavily as games go on.

Same.

I was thinking about removing my sheet and re-adding as one of the customs. They’re a fair bit easier for me to read and manage than the standard sheet.

Sure, and that goes for anyone. Just let me know when you have the new character sheet ready, and I'll facilitate the addition and remove the old character from the game. I would HIGHLY recommend that you do not ever delete the old sheet, though, because all the posts that you've made in character so far are tied to that character sheet. If the character sheet is deleted, then all the posts in all the threads will show that you - the player - made the posts, and not your character. It gets very confusing to read old threads.

Instead of deleting old characters, always just rename the sheet. In this case, you would rename the old character sheet to something like "Bram (Level 1)."

Good advice!

Happy to have been on the waitlist for this. As I told @spaceseeker19 in PM, I will be out of town for the weekend; actually going to do an in-person dnd gathering with friends of ours and going to be teaching our 10-year-old to play. But in the downtime I have, I will work on building my character to have ready to share on Monday. Rolling stats to see what I get to work with.

EDIT:

Oof. That is quite the stat spread.