Gestalt: Cleric/Rogue
CG
Goblin
Ivan DogEater was born into a small goblin tribe that was basically enslaved by a group of orcs who were very well organized. He was brought up to believe that he was nothing and didn’t deserve anything other than the beating and abuse he suffered at the hands of their masters. One day while his family was bringing back loot from a sacked wagon caravan he found a book that they had not yet burned. He realized it was written in common, a language he had managed to learn from hearing some of the elders of his tribe speak when they didn’t wish the orcs to understand them. The book was the diary of a priest of a demigod called Kurgess. The diary talked of athletic competitions and sporting type events that the priest either participated in or officiated. “Competition is healthy as long as the participants are playing by the same rules.” That part of the dogma really struck home with Ivan. He secretly began to pray to Kurgess. Very shortly after he began to notice he had developed magical ability. He learned of the god and his ways from the diary. He began to make comments about some of the orcs cheating at their contests and every now and then they would get into serious fights with each other over his comments. One day while they were watching the orc leader compete against a rival of his Ivan noticed the leader slip a vial of something into his rivals drink. When Ivan commented about it the leader called him a lair and ordered his family and a few of the orcs to tie him to a post outside of their ‘Village’ and whip him to death. He decided to make a break for it and ended up getting cornered by his family. He tried to get them to let him go but they engaged him in combat. After a brief fight they had Ivan tied to a pole and where going to whip him to death. That is when Corys character came upon the fight and decided to help Ivan. They have been traveling together for a few years now. The first time he saw an elven woman he was amazed at her beauty and swore some day he would marry an elven woman and start a family. One of his life goals is to marry an Elven (or fey type) woman and start a family. He also has an intense hatred for goblinoid races and kills them as often as he can, because of how his family betrayed him. If they can convince him otherwise before he kills them he lets them live but as of yet none have At some point a few months ago they met Pauls character and for Ivan it was love at first sight.
Ivan has this inner drive to be a hero. He wants to be remembered as a good guy. Ivan 'The Good'. He is fond of saying something like "Its not important how long you live but what you do with your life. Everyones heart one day beats its final beat. Their lungs breathe their final breath. And if what they did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others and makes them believe deeper and in something larger than life, then their essence, their spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers, by the loyalty, by the memory of those who honor them and make the things that person did live forever." He has no concern to be the saviour of goblin kind. He hates other goblinoid. He wants to prove to the world that HE is a hero and wants to be immortalized in his actions.
MORE BACKSTORY:
So far, Ivan has learned that his old chieftan, Janka Worldgazer, had predicted the downfall of the tribe. She turned herself to stone in her village, presumably to somehow stop the orc invasion. However, the orcs did invade, and the tribe learned that she did it to save herself, not to save the village. Around the same time, a young goblin called Olba Nightsoil ha snuck out of the village. Besides Ivan, she may be the only free goblin from the tribe.
Also the party learned that Graham Greenleaf and Saldalphon had once visited Janka to find out why they could not resurrect his wife. She informed him that his wife was sealed in a dimension locked away by seven black flames, and advised him not to proceed.
LADY MARIA BELMONT
NG
GESTALT SORCERER/INQUISITOR
Dhampir
“My name, Is Lady Maria Belmont and my sin is pride.”
Before we get into my adventuring career let me tell you a small bit about where i came from, then you
shall hopefully understand me and my motivation even if only a little bit.
My story begins in what most would call an ideal setting, my mother was to be married to a rich and very
powerful merchant, the marriage would have joined their two families and together they would have had
a large portion of mercantile endeavors secured.
My mother came from a family that controlled water-fronts and shipyards all over Golarion The merchant she was to marry had a large guild that dealt with ground based caravans in terms of shipping mundane goods. But on the eve of her marriage is when tragedy would strike. She was stolen away from her bedchambers while she slept, when she awoke she found out that she was taken by none other than Demon Lord Zura, also known as the vampire queen. Zura would torture my mother endlessly over the next few years, I would rather not go into the details of such activities in what is to be the opening chapter of my book. But where i come in is much later, at some point Zura used her twisted magic to force my mother to produce several children for her.
There was Envy The Jealous, Wrath The Furious, Sloth The Indolent, Gluttony The Voracious, Lust the
Lascivious, And then there was me Pride The Arrogant. Zura would hand all of us children over to various cult leaders of hers scattered all over Golarion, but the cult I was handed to would be “Redeemed” ( killed ) by group of Zealot Inquisitors devoted to Sarenrae, The leader of the inquisitors Richard Belmont would take me from the Cult and raise me as his own, training me in the ways of an Inquisitor, it was only during part of my training that he would reveal to me my family’s history and explain to me just what i was, he told me i was a Dhampir created by Zura for some unknown dark purpose, but it was his goal to train me and effectively turn me into a weapon against Zura and all her cultists to hopefully help me avoid whatever plan Zura had for me.
I excelled at my Inquisitor training, i took to all aspects of it with no issue, In master Richards words i was very
much a prodigy. Once my training was complete and i was ready to venture out into the larger world Master
Richard would give me one final gift, My name, i was allowed to use his family name, from here on out i was
no longer known as Pride The Arrogant, i was now and forever more Lady Maria Belmont.
No more than a month into my travel i found out that my mother's family was to a lesser extent absorbed by
the very merchant she was to become married to, and shortly after that his family name was disgraced and
his reputation ruined, so family wise the only family i had left was master Richard Belmont.
Next we shall get into my companions and how i met them, First and foremost was the ever pleasant Ivan
Dogeater, a goblin from the Dogeater tribe, contrary to his name i have never known him to eat a dog, and
despite being a goblin he is rather pleasant to talk to if not a little crude at time’s, but then again i suppose we
can all be a little crude from time to time.
I first met Ivan when i was hired on as a guard for cave exploration, the person who hired me was a crass
gnome but his coin was good and our goal was easy, we had to simply explore a cave system and map it out,
from what i gathered he wanted to turn it into some sort of underground herb farm. The people on the mission
was me and 3 others, 2 human males and female elf, i feel bad i don't remember the names they had but
memory does fade with age. Everything was going fine until we somehow got lost on the way out of the caves
and found ourselves on a ledge overlooking a gathering of goblins, there was maybe 10 of them, what we saw
was what caused an issue however. They all gathered around a goblin that was tied to a pole, the creature
tied to a pole was struggling and pleading for his life, as he was struggling he saw our group and screamed
for us to help him, and that cause the goblins to attack us. After a hard fought battle and after losing 2 of our
own we managed to kill the goblins that attacked us and we saved the goblin that screamed for our help, he
introduced himself as Ivan Dogeater and he swore to travel with me and just like that the goblin known as Ivan
became what would be a long lasting companion i would share many travels and stories with. ( from when the
campaign starts i have been traveling with Ivan for about 2 years )
Before we get into my adventuring career let me tell you a small bit about where i came from, then you
shall hopefully understand me and my motivation even if only a little bit.
My story begins in what most would call an ideal setting, my mother was to be married to a rich and very
powerful merchant, the marriage would have joined their two families and together they would have had
a large portion of mercantile endeavors secured.
My mother came from a family that controlled water-fronts and shipyards all over Golarion The merchant she was to marry had a large guild that dealt with ground based caravans in terms of shipping mundane goods. But on the eve of her marriage is when tragedy would strike. She was stolen away from her bedchambers while she slept, when she awoke she found out that she was taken by none other than Demon Lord Zura, also known as the vampire queen. Zura would torture my mother endlessly over the next few years, I would rather not go into the details of such activities in what is to be the opening chapter of my book. But where i come in is much later, at some point Zura used her twisted magic to force my mother to produce several children for her.
There was Envy The Jealous, Wrath The Furious, Sloth The Indolent, Gluttony The Voracious, Lust the
Lascivious, And then there was me Pride The Arrogant. Zura would hand all of us children over to various cult leaders of hers scattered all over Golarion, but the cult I was handed to would be “Redeemed” ( killed ) by group of Zealot Inquisitors devoted to Sarenrae, The leader of the inquisitors Richard Belmont would take me from the Cult and raise me as his own, training me in the ways of an Inquisitor, it was only during part of my training that he would reveal to me my family’s history and explain to me just what i was, he told me i was a Dhampir created by Zura for some unknown dark purpose, but it was his goal to train me and effectively turn me into a weapon against Zura and all her cultists to hopefully help me avoid whatever plan Zura had for me.
I excelled at my Inquisitor training, i took to all aspects of it with no issue, In master Richards words i was very
much a prodigy. Once my training was complete and i was ready to venture out into the larger world Master
Richard would give me one final gift, My name, i was allowed to use his family name, from here on out i was
no longer known as Pride The Arrogant, i was now and forever more Lady Maria Belmont.
No more than a month into my travel i found out that my mother's family was to a lesser extent absorbed by
the very merchant she was to become married to, and shortly after that his family name was disgraced and
his reputation ruined, so family wise the only family i had left was master Richard Belmont.
Next we shall get into my companions and how i met them, First and foremost was the ever pleasant Ivan
Dogeater, a goblin from the Dogeater tribe, contrary to his name i have never known him to eat a dog, and
despite being a goblin he is rather pleasant to talk to if not a little crude at time’s, but then again i suppose we
can all be a little crude from time to time.
I first met Ivan when i was hired on as a guard for cave exploration, the person who hired me was a crass
gnome but his coin was good and our goal was easy, we had to simply explore a cave system and map it out,
from what i gathered he wanted to turn it into some sort of underground herb farm. The people on the mission
was me and 3 others, 2 human males and female elf, i feel bad i don't remember the names they had but
memory does fade with age. Everything was going fine until we somehow got lost on the way out of the caves
and found ourselves on a ledge overlooking a gathering of goblins, there was maybe 10 of them, what we saw
was what caused an issue however. They all gathered around a goblin that was tied to a pole, the creature
tied to a pole was struggling and pleading for his life, as he was struggling he saw our group and screamed
for us to help him, and that cause the goblins to attack us. After a hard fought battle and after losing 2 of our
own we managed to kill the goblins that attacked us and we saved the goblin that screamed for our help, he
introduced himself as Ivan Dogeater and he swore to travel with me and just like that the goblin known as Ivan
became what would be a long lasting companion i would share many travels and stories with. ( from when the
campaign starts i have been traveling with Ivan for about 2 years )
And now for how i begun my travels with [ insert pauls character name here ].
I have only been traveling with [ insert pauls character name here ] for a short time, no more than 6 or 7
months at this point but i knew almost right away that we would get along. Me and Ivan had just got hired on
to be extra escorts for a merchant caravan, this caravan was transporting spices and various works of art,
stuff that is easy to move price wise but also makes it an easy target for bandits. Once me and ivan arrived
we went about introducing ourselves to the others we would work with, there was [ insert pauls character
name here ], and several other guards. We didnt have to escort the caravan all that far just 5 or 6 days travel
from Absalom ( http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Absalom ) during our travels i found out that the person that
ordered all of these goods was none other than my former master Richard Belmont, i was looking forward to
this, this was excitement i have not felt in a long time after a few long years i would return to my former master
and get to tell him of my travels and the people i met along the way. But tragedy would strike and strip me of
my awaited reunion. As we crested a hill near my masters home the unmistakable orange glow of fire would
greet us. I instantly broke what loose formation we had and i rushed forward heedless of anyone else
following me, it was as if their words couldn't even reach me, like i was possessed by a singular objective “
Help master Richard “. I didnt even make it to the door before i was stopped dead in my tracks, bursting from
the doors of my masters house was a Massive creature that looked like some sort of demon but he dragged
behind him the corpse of my former master, before i could even grab my sword he tossed master richard
belmont at me and moved with unnatural speed behind me and pinned me to the ground under the corpse of
master richard belmont and spoke words that chilled me to my bones and set me on the path that would
define the majority of my life and adventuring career. “ Poor poor little sister pride i am upset that you would
dare to charge at me your brother Wrath The Furious, but that is to be expected seeing as how this human
filth has dared to turn you against us, Mother would be heartbroken to see you in such a sorry and pathetic
state, we are meant to rule over these creatures not serve next to them as equals, in difference to mother i will
let you live but when next we meet i will not be so kind “ and he vanished with a few arcane gestures, it was
then i was set on my path, i swore that day that i would work to ensure that i would route out any cult of Zura
and undue any work of hers that she has done on this realm, i would ensure that her cults would have no safe
place to lay at night, and above all others i would kill brother Wrath and eat his sin to forever deny Zora his
soul, because i am Lady Maria Belmont and my sin is Pride.
More Backstory:
Avarice the Greedy had been converted to Generocity the Charitous, and had begun helping Lady Belmont transmit from Pride to Humility. The Party learned that Lady Moonblade and Sandalphon were instrumental in converting Avarice to Generocity. They also lurned that Zura was trying to open a gate that sealed away a dark god. The Seven Black flames that belong to each of her sinful children was a key. Avarcies' flame turned white when he converted and touched the flame, weakening Zura's power.
Zura also once pretended to be a seer to try to convince Graham Greenleaf to open the gate since his bloodline sealed it long ago. The ritual was disrupted by Lady Moonblade and Sandalpon, and Graham was transformed into a monster. Zura learned at this time the gate could be opened by the black flames, which she gave to her sinful children.
Zura also created a Revenant which hunted Nyanta. She did this as part of a payment to Red Blade Roberts for services rendered.
I have only been traveling with [ insert pauls character name here ] for a short time, no more than 6 or 7
months at this point but i knew almost right away that we would get along. Me and Ivan had just got hired on
to be extra escorts for a merchant caravan, this caravan was transporting spices and various works of art,
stuff that is easy to move price wise but also makes it an easy target for bandits. Once me and ivan arrived
we went about introducing ourselves to the others we would work with, there was [ insert pauls character
name here ], and several other guards. We didnt have to escort the caravan all that far just 5 or 6 days travel
from Absalom ( http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Absalom ) during our travels i found out that the person that
ordered all of these goods was none other than my former master Richard Belmont, i was looking forward to
this, this was excitement i have not felt in a long time after a few long years i would return to my former master
and get to tell him of my travels and the people i met along the way. But tragedy would strike and strip me of
my awaited reunion. As we crested a hill near my masters home the unmistakable orange glow of fire would
greet us. I instantly broke what loose formation we had and i rushed forward heedless of anyone else
following me, it was as if their words couldn't even reach me, like i was possessed by a singular objective “
Help master Richard “. I didnt even make it to the door before i was stopped dead in my tracks, bursting from
the doors of my masters house was a Massive creature that looked like some sort of demon but he dragged
behind him the corpse of my former master, before i could even grab my sword he tossed master richard
belmont at me and moved with unnatural speed behind me and pinned me to the ground under the corpse of
master richard belmont and spoke words that chilled me to my bones and set me on the path that would
define the majority of my life and adventuring career. “ Poor poor little sister pride i am upset that you would
dare to charge at me your brother Wrath The Furious, but that is to be expected seeing as how this human
filth has dared to turn you against us, Mother would be heartbroken to see you in such a sorry and pathetic
state, we are meant to rule over these creatures not serve next to them as equals, in difference to mother i will
let you live but when next we meet i will not be so kind “ and he vanished with a few arcane gestures, it was
then i was set on my path, i swore that day that i would work to ensure that i would route out any cult of Zura
and undue any work of hers that she has done on this realm, i would ensure that her cults would have no safe
place to lay at night, and above all others i would kill brother Wrath and eat his sin to forever deny Zora his
soul, because i am Lady Maria Belmont and my sin is Pride.
More Backstory:
Avarice the Greedy had been converted to Generocity the Charitous, and had begun helping Lady Belmont transmit from Pride to Humility. The Party learned that Lady Moonblade and Sandalphon were instrumental in converting Avarice to Generocity. They also lurned that Zura was trying to open a gate that sealed away a dark god. The Seven Black flames that belong to each of her sinful children was a key. Avarcies' flame turned white when he converted and touched the flame, weakening Zura's power.
Zura also once pretended to be a seer to try to convince Graham Greenleaf to open the gate since his bloodline sealed it long ago. The ritual was disrupted by Lady Moonblade and Sandalpon, and Graham was transformed into a monster. Zura learned at this time the gate could be opened by the black flames, which she gave to her sinful children.
Zura also created a Revenant which hunted Nyanta. She did this as part of a payment to Red Blade Roberts for services rendered.
NYANTA
FOCUSED: LN Monk
Mutated Catfolk
My character is a male mutant creature catfolk monk named Nyanta. He was born in Numeria. He was born to a family of roving bandits. When he was 7 his family attacked a small town and while they were successful, they didn't know that one of the villagers they killed was the sister of a ruthless mercenary captain named Red Blade Roberts who then proceeded to hunt down all of Nyanta's family. Nyanta only escaped by taking refuge in an old ruin he could only access by squeezing through what turned out to be a vent shaft. Red Blade Robert and his men were unable to fit in the small opening and since the inside was a massive radioactive area he gave up Nyanta as dead.
Nyanta probably would have died if he was not rescued by a halfling scavanger/tech dealer named Wimbert Greenleaf who nursed him back to health, but could not undo what the radiation had done to him. Wimbert then raised him as his own son from then on. Years later, wanting to set out on his own and hearing about this dungeon, Nyanta traveled here to explore and maybe even find some lost tech.
Personal goals: currently: explore new areas, make friends, find lost tech to send back to his foster father, become a world class chef. When he finally retires from adventuring he will make cooking his primary pursuit.
Motivations: He is strongly motivated by loyalty. People who have really earned his trust he will go far out of his way to help. He is much less likely to go out of his way to help anyone he doesn't know or doesn't like. Simple curiosity is also one of his characteristics, but this is tempered by a fair amount of caution. He is also motivated by his love of cooking.
Character flaws: He has a deeply rooted fear and mistrust of mercenaries after being hunted by them.
More Backstory:
Cecelia Roberts was raised as a revenant, and came hunting Nyanta, and registers him as her murderer. They had defeated Cecelia, but Cecelia mentioned that Wimbert Greenleaf had an important bloodline, and they had discovered him while tracking Nyanta. Some of Nyanta's men were able to report back to Zura that Nyanta is travelling with Pride, Zura's lost daughter.
More Backstory:
Cecelia Roberts was raised as a revenant, and came hunting Nyanta, and registers him as her murderer. They had defeated Cecelia, but Cecelia mentioned that Wimbert Greenleaf had an important bloodline, and they had discovered him while tracking Nyanta. Some of Nyanta's men were able to report back to Zura that Nyanta is travelling with Pride, Zura's lost daughter.
TIFFIANA MOONBLADE
GESTALT MONK/SWASHBUCKLER
NG
Elven Aasimar
Tiffania Moonblade is the daughter of Half-Elven arcane Archer Raphaela moonblade, and Elven Eldritch Knight Sandalphon, both of whom have celestial blood. It shouldn't have been surprising to them that their daughter came out an aasimar. Both renowned adventurers, her parents raised Tiffania to follow in their footsteps, raising her in a life of wealth and comfort tempered by intensive training and study. She grew up alongside Bianca, a Lyrakien of similar age who has been her best friend since childhood. Tiffania has always had a zest for self-improvement that complemented her natural aptitudes for swordplay and sorcery.
While her parents were away, Chelaxian wizard Vulmazio Axillus, barged onto the family estate outside Almas and made a beeline for the family storeroom. Tiffania and Bianca tried to stop him, but he trapped Tiffania in a force field and cursed Bianca, turning her into a rat. He made off with a huge sum of gold and Tiffania's mother’s highly-enchanted celestial steel rapier, Starblaze. He had been a member of her parent’s adventuring party years before Tiffania was born, but parted on bad terms due to his greed, evil nature, and loyalty to Cheliax and the church of asmodeus. He felt he’d been unfairly cut out and had finally gotten around to claiming what he felt was his share.
Tiffania felt partially responsible, and she burned with feelings of inadequacy after having been overwhelmed by his power. She was also distraught over her childhood friends cursed form, and immediately decided to figure out how to unwork the magic first and foremost, taking Bianca as her familiar in the meantime(This will probably take six levels or so to manage). Realizing that she could only ever get so good through training without real experience, Tiffania also took it upon herself to track down Vulmaxio and prove herself worthy of her family's reputation as adventurers. Her parents supported her in this, deciding it would be “a pretty good quest” and “You can probably manage it”.
Tiffania's goals are to forge a legacy worthy of her family name, recover her mother's stolen sword, and most immediately of such things, to lift the curse on Bianca. Tiffania embraces the joy of adventuring and all the pleasures that life has to offer and, alongside Bianca, to forge her own legacy and satisfy her upset pride.
Tiffania is neutral good. She generally does her best to be kind and to oppose evil, with no particular concern for law or chaos. Freedom is fun but order is useful, so there has to be a balance.
Tiffania is good-natured and friendly, if perhaps notably hedonistic and given over to pleasure-seeking. She’s fond of sweets, of drink, and of casual intimate company with men or women. She has an excellent singing voice, which she is quite proud of, and she loves to perform. She loves helping people, and she feels a strong desire to punish the wicked, arising from the celestial blood in her veins, but she also sees adventuring as a way to get rich, and as a source of thrills and nightly fun.
Joining them as a caravan guard, Tiffania became fast friends with lady Maria Belmont and Ivan Dogeater, finding them to be good traveling companions and an excellent choice of party members for her first big foray into adventuring. Dave's character is also useful, and gets on well enough (I know very little about Dave’s character to insert here.) She finds Maria's quest to be Noble and well worth seeing to completion, and feels that Ivan is certainly the sort of creature who is in need of good friends, even if his obvious crush is a bit awkward. The three share a strong bond of loyalty.
Zaynab Saideri, a Bard and Oracle of Desna, is a childhood friend of Tiffania's and is said to be in town. Zaynab was an older student and one of Tiffania's tutors when she was in Andoran Studying under Tiffania's parents.
More Backstory
The party learned that the lost sword was one of a pair, the other being the Crimson Glaze. Vulmazio had stolen it because together they act as some kind of a key. She learned that in some way, Vulmazio was working with Zura and Red Blade Roberts.
She also learned that her parents once adventured with Graham Greenleaf, Wimbert's father, and that they told Wimbert that his father was dead, at Graham's request, because Graham had been tricked into performing a ritual for Zura, but did not complete it- transforming himself with dark energy.
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