The Constables:
first, the two who follow directions and provide backstories:
Dr. Aubrey de Gascoigne (human wizard Skyseer)
Though of an ancient Danorian name, de Gascoigne, the good doctor's family came to Risur more than a century ago, and stayed. He spent his youth studying astronomy at Pardwright and Mitchell University, receiving his doctorate 12 years ago. His dissertation: "On the Orderly Arrangement of the Beautiful: Cosmos as the Source of Arcane Knowledge" was published and got him a prized admission into the Royal Society of Astronomy. He's worked with the Royal Constabulary as an unofficial consultant in the past. There's a rumor that he can set his orreries spinning and divine the future from them, but people are always making up stories about things they don't understand...
A pasty modern Celt, Aubrey dresses professionally in a coat and vest, with a top hat, a pocket watch, and an ornate cane. He wears a gold signet ring and always has a small satchel or two under his jacket, filled with various odds and ends, including a small book in which he constantly writes. He carries a knife on his belt, hidden under his coat, and he has been known to carry a shotgun on expeditions, strapped to his pack.
He lives alone, but for an small brown and white barn owl he cares for. No one knows where the owl came from, but Aubrey has been known to bring it with him around town, securing his reputation as something of an eccentric.
Joe Actual (half-orc barbarian Martial Scientist)
Joe Actual was born in Ber (somewhere along the border) to a human mother who was married off to an orc as a gift to end a small border conflict.
The mother fled this arrangement first to Bole, then on to Flint. She begged for money and shelter and briefly held a few jobs at local bars and as a maid until she fell on even harder times and was forced into the oldest profession. She was killed by one of her customers when Joe Actual was 7. He was briefly a ward of the state, but promptly ran away to live on the street, destined it would seem to live a life of crime amongst the street urchins. And he was well-received in the streets owing to his size, his intimidating look, and an easy way with a club. As he grew, so did his reputation as a protector of the street children who all still know his name. It was in his defense of a child being beaten by a sadistic shop-owner, that he caught the unhappy eye of a recruiter for the gladiators.
Joe trained tirelessly and had an easy time learning fighting styles and understanding tactics. He was naturally talented in the art of fighting. Where he struggled, was as an entertainer. He fought hard and fiercely and well, but he won too quickly and with little flare. He rose through the ranks despite this, and developed a small but rabid following. It was this that almost cost him his life. Though he lacked the sort of seat-filling broad appeal sought after in the circuit, it would be impossible to just get rid of him both due to his loyal followers and due to the fact that his stern benefactor thought of him as a son and wouldn’t be easily persuaded to retire him early. So, a plan was made at the upper levels to have Joe Actual fight his last battles. The idea was to have a short crescendo of more and more difficult battles ending (inevitably) in Mr. Actual’s demise.
And that would have been the end if not for a fortuitous matchup fight with a dragonborn (Zamfir).
The Battalion:
reported PSAT score of 1580
Thesis: An Ethical Case for the Use of Deadly Force in Non-urgent, High-reward Negotiations
next up we have the others:
Zamfir (dragonborn fighter Martial Scientist)
Played by the brother of Joe Actual's player. He helped write Joe Actual's backstory and then didn't follow up with one of his own.
Glim Glim "One-Shoe" Timbers (gnome rogue Gunsmith)
no back story. Just some bloke.
Rian Rhionnan (human bard Vekeshi Mystic)
the wife of the Glim Glim player. No backstory and has been AWOL for the first four sessions.
So, as you can see, we have some folks putting more into it than others. This will show in the session reports.
