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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urko" data-source="post: 2176183" data-attributes="member: 30822">I see everyone has checked in and your interconnections are developing nicely. I can't wait to get this campaign started! If I may summarize what you've got so far:Xavier, Erin, and He Has No Name (or does he, Erin?) traveled together to Q'Barra with a group of Cyran refugees after the Mourning and still see each other from time to time.Sanae came to Q'Barra with an expedition that she is the only survivor of and currently is at somewhat of a loss about what to do. Some event may have brought her and Erin (and possibly Xavier) together at some point. Dargin and Sharaes share an unfortunate connection in their past. Dargin came to Q'Barra following his own private visions and Sharaes came to Q'Barra specifically to find Dargin. Dargin may have met the others, perhaps in the capacity of spiritual advisor, while Shar is a newcomer to town.My own suggestions/observations/interjections:  My idea for the opening hook was that each of you is responding to a somewhat vague advertisement in the Adder Bay Times, so it's ok if not all of you have met before as long as there are at least some connections. In particular, I'm really taken with the desperation of Sanae's plight - that she is stuck far from home without money or friends. What else would drive a proud Paladin of the Silver Flame to mercenary work? Feel free to continue figuring on connections if you want, but I think this works fine.The only modification I would like to make to Erin's background is that, as far as she has been able to determine, her excoriation was not part of a universal exiling of all Cyre members (which would be a pretty risky move on Merrix's part). She seems to have been singled out, for reasons that are unknown to her (do I smell future plot hook?). Which is a pretty good reason to be hurt and angry...Xavier, Erin, and He Has No Name seem nicely intertwined - well done.I'll be very curious to see how Dargin and Sharaes interact. Have they run into each other already or will the job interview be the first time they've seen each other since the tragedy in Dargin's village? The latter could add a lot of interesting tension to the adventure's beginning.That leaves the question of how Dargin and Shar (or, more likely, just Dargin if Shar has only recently arrived) fit in. One suggestion: Dargin is kind of out there - maybe he's often seen wandering the streets talking to his invisible grandfather or delivering sermons to passersby. He could be of those colorful street characters that everyone in a community recognizes, even if they don't know him personally (we've had a number of them in my real life town). That kind of impression could also put an interesting spin on the initial meeting with the others.As I said, these are only my suggestions, not commandments. Let's mull over and finalize the connections for another day or so and then I'll start the in character thread.</blockquote>

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