Character Background Information

[Kenneth New]

I will add more questions for consideration in creating your character as they occur to me. Look for updates to this post.


What is your character's name?


What is your character's race and subrace? (Please remember that dragonmark heir is a subace).


Pick one of the following regions of origin for your character:

1) Sharn Native
2) Breeland Native (outside Sharn)
3) Cyran Refugee
4) Native of former allied power (Aundair, Eldeen Reaches or Zilargo)
5) Other Gallifaran Native
6) Beyond Gallifar

Where did you get the training for your class abilities?


What did you do during the war?


What were you doing on the Day of Mourning?


What have you been doing since the Day of Mourning?


Why are you in Sharn?

[Kenneth New]

Here's an example.


Character Name: Reynar Volkath


Race: Human (variant option)


Origin: Karrnath/Breland. Reynar was born in Karrnath in 970 YK. During the war, his mother was a Karrnathi general, the infamous traitor Mazerin Volkath, who led an entire brigade of Karrnathi troops to defect to Thrane. His father, Toven Volkath, was an attache at the Karrnathi embassy in Breland. Reynar was only 13 in 983 YK when the betrayal occurred. He and his father were detained by embassy personnel for questioning. Mazerin was tortured by Emerald Claw agents, but a friend smuggled Reynar out of the embassy.

Reynar had no plan to disavow the nation of his birth, but he was a minor and the friend who'd smuggled him out oft he embassy was a lawyer. Reynar was granted asylum. He attended a private school in Sharn, and eventually studied wizardry. He worked as a wizard for House Cannith in Sharn. He never served in the military, but he worked behind the lines. In 992 YK, he got a position at a repair depot in Cyre. He's never told anyone how he tried to "defect" to his native country, but was almost nabbed by the Emerald Claw, and had to escape from a vampire spawn agent. He was listed as missing by House Cannith, and was wanted as leverage against his mother by the Emerald Claw, when the Mourning struck, he was lucky. He was close enough to the Brelish border to escape the mourning, and the Repair Depot he'd been working for was destroyed. They hadn't told superiors at House Cannith that he'd reneged on his contract. But the records are probably still there ….


Trained: Private school with magic classes, House Cannith.


During the war: worked for the Brelish branch of House Cannith.


On the Day of Mourning:On the run from Emerald Claw agents and in violation of his contract with House Cannith.


Since the Mourning: Working as a magewright repairman in Sharn.


Why in Sharn: Has drifted here without purpose.

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Summary of Character Elements:

* Hunted by the Emerald Claw. He has no clue why they want him. It seems to be related to his mother's betrayal of Karrnath, but it could be something to do with their organization.

* Family & Friends. Toven Volkath was tortured, and may have been killed. (Reynar hasn't seen his father in 15 years.) Mazerin Volkath disappeared shortly after her betrayal of Karrnath. (Is she alive? Why did she defect and betray her nation? Why does the Emerald Claw still seek her whereabouts? Why did she defect to Thrane? Why didn't she send for her son?)

* Secret. Reynar never completed his obligation to House Cannith. To the best of his knowledge, they don't know this fact. He doesn't know what they would do if they found out. He hopes that Breland doesn't know that he'd tried to buy his way back into Karrnath's good graces with stolen Brelish military secrets.