Character Creation and World Building

Riach, Hunter of Fear, Human Deep Stalker Ranger,

Although the white hair on a man so young might be the first thing you notice, just a short conversation with Riach will bring your focus to his eyes. The irises, nearly white as ice on a lake, will forever be that which you remember. Some say that there is something lurking deep in those eyes, but others will say the opposite; that it is something missing, other than the color, which makes one uneasy, frightened, yet compelled to continue the conversation.

Riach will rarely tell, even when pressed, of the day nearly nine years ago when he returned to his village with a brace of rabbits had for his family. There he found the village razed, and saw the remnants of an undead army racing quickly northward. A frightful presence lingered over the village. It coalesced into a being, an entity, which leaped into the air above Riach's head and menaced over him, staring down at him as he crumpled to the ground in fear. There may have been a malicious grin, or perhaps just a hallucination from the fear, before the entity flew northward behind the army. For no reason it seems, Riach was left alive while his family and the people of his village lay drained of their lives.

Riach has since turned his hunting skills toward the undead and the demons that command them, vowing to protect the innocent from such things, in any way possible, and at any cost. He has adopted Tirisfel as his home when he is not out searching for justice.

Someone I owe: I owe my family, my friends, and my village the little peace that may come from my attempts to protect others from a fate such as theirs.
I owe Dernal, the innkeeper, and his daughter Meladi for their gift of friendship. He has been unquestioning in his kindness to me, and they are the only people in town who treat me like a person. Although I try, I feel I have not been a friend to them. Perhaps the greatest gift they have given me is the thread of sanity in my life.

Someone who owes me: I shouldn't even be alive. No one can ever owe me anything. Perhaps the multiverse owes me an explanation, but I will never hope to get one.

I made some sub threads where we can keep track of these NPCs etc. Good job so far guys.

Flynn Varis, Journeyman of the College of Lore Musicalea et Magica
Flynn Bartholomew Varis is a half-elf. If he doesn't talk, that's the first thing you notice about him. Pointy ears, longer features... or I guess you might notice the fact that he walks like he owns the world. Can't really tell which one you'd notice first. Kinda depends on the person, I s'pose. Or you might notice that he dresses like a sailor even though he's not close to the sea. If there is a sea any more, after that darn Darkstar blew everything to necrotic hellfire. Anyhow, that's all if he doesn't talk. If he does, that's definitely the first thing you notice. His voice. Kinda hard to describe, honestly. It's been called deep and manly and tonal and such, and its been called worse than the sound nails make on a chalkboard. Kinda depends on the person talkin' about it, I s'pose. The author of this little bit is of the prior persuasion, but then I suppose he's a tad bit biased. Anyhow, Flynn first came to Tirisfel 'bout 9 years back. Probably comin' up on the day exactly, to be honest. Just had got his degree from "ye ol' College" and was headed out into the world to do whatever it was the bards do--sing, I guess? Flynn wasn't real sure at the time, but he did know that he wanted to make people happy. So he strides into Tirisfel for the night, sets up shop at the local inn, and sets to playin'. All of a sudden, there's a boom like a storm giant had clobbered the ninnypins outta another storm giant an' three of the audience, all dressed in armor 'n such, run out the door and get to work quick. Flynn just keeps on performin', but no one's really listening. Anyhow, after the Darkstar, Flynn couldn't really leave. Had to stay in Tirisfel, so he set up permanent-like there and took to being the town bard. Some people like him, some people don't, but just about everybody thinks he can be a tolerable person just so long as he doesn't start swapping insults with someone. Of course, he thinks its all good fun, but other people don't seem to always get the vibe...
--Excerpt from the Autobiographical Memoirs of Flynn Bartholomew Varis, Esquire
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SOMEONE WHO OWES ME: One of the young men in the town, Benj, owes me in a manner o' speakin'. A group of bullies were getting on his sister Giana and, him being a little tyke at the time, he was unable to stand up to them. He tried alright; got himself a black eye for his trouble, but at least he tried. I respect that. Anywho, I was just come in to town when I saw this going down and I saw Benj take a lick, so I pulled out my choicest insults and sent them at those bullies. Little Viscious Mockery action--I'd just picked up the little trick and was dying to try it. Anyway, the biggest guy took it real hard. He took it so hard he missed his next punch at Benj an' ended up clobbering his own mate. Knocked him out cold. Another string of my choicest 'son of a...' clauses and the three big bad bullies were laid out in the street. Benj an' his sis have been my best pals ever since. Orphaned an' all, I'm really glad to be an' have been able to help 'um.
SOMEONE I OWE: Somehow I don't owe anyone money. Paid it all off someway or another I guess. But I still owe someone. I owe someone everything. Girl by the name of Loo. Long blonde hair, blue eyes, ears just a tad pointy jus' the way I like 'um, body to die--ahurrumph. Well, anyway. Loo's just my name for her, yasee. Everyone else calls her Selena. Prettier name than Loo, Selena is, but Loo is my pet name for her. As to business, I owe Loo my integrity. Can't say how many times I woulda done the wrong thing, but the thought of her set me right again. I've been trying to get her love for more years 'n I care to count, but we finally set to courting 'bout a year back and just this past week we got engaged. But, as Muse would have it, I feel called to go with this merry bunch of heroes going out to save the world just after we get engaged. I know I'm a bard an' all, but I'm gonna kill the Muse fer that. But I'm gonna do it for Loo. You bet, an' I'm gonna come back in one piece to see her again when this bit's all said an' done.

I realised I kept the mechanism for keeping the shadows away. I think I'm going to go with a special magic circle. Magic circles don't persist though so the town needs to constantly resupply the primary reagent. I'm going to go with salt for that purpose, it's reasonably accessible but might still be a struggle to resupply. Now it's peoples jobs to go around and put fresh salt in the magic circle (but they don't need to be spell casters to do that).

Lilith lives outside of town. I wonder, does she maintain her own magic circle around her cottage or do her fey friends protect her?

There would need to be safe farms, and perhaps a safe source of lumber so perhaps the magic circle is extended around the the city. Maybe Lilith's hut is just inside the circle, away from the town but still safe from the shades.

Sorry guys about the notes, didn't want to spam or confuse you guys with my characters history stuff.

We know that you are plotting against us all, no worries.

Well if you're shadows, then yes, death to you all! HUZZAH!

We probably won't hold it against you.

How do you all find these amazing images? Simply just Google images or a site I am just unaware of?

I just do a Google Image search. And also use Pinterest. Here's one of my Pinterest boards. Feel free to browse and use anything.

I use Google images, though sometimes I have to search for something that I don't actually want/something broader and that's what brings up what I really want. And other times I just find something amazing right away. xD

I had come across this image which gets quite a good grasp on Grigor himself, but when I saw all the images of the other PC's I began to doubt myself. Haha! Also, when might be the starting time for this game? No hurries, just want to know if I need to hammer down on finishing my character as I had been busy this weekend.