#msmoon's characters

[msmoonicorn]

Ok, so thanks largely to Hero Forge, I now have at least a somewhat visual representation of each of my D&D characters :3 They now have colored minis,  and I backed it on kickstarter :) 

So I’m going to be getting one of those soon. This is the one that I’m planning on getting with that reward (and the rest are probably going to just be a visual reference and never bought because expendable income?? Who’s she??). 

Now, this is Torix :) She’s my dragonborn barbarian from my Cousin’s Three Evils Campaign. I took some liberties with her sword, because my cousin gave her a sword part way in... so I figured, enh, just make it look like it’d fit with Torix. 

Torix has been banished from her clan. She doesn’t ever talk about that though. She’s... very quietly affectionate. Her love language is primarily acts of service. She’s not a tsundere or anything. She just doesn’t know why people need to talk about it all the time. If any of her party were to ask whether or not she cares about them, she’d say, “...of course.” and move on :)

[msmoonicorn]

This is Nikala Mohiam :) She’s been here a couple of times. 

Shadar-kai path of the Grave Cleric :3 She’s a sweet bean, even if she has very little in the way of expressiveness. She’s from our DM’s homebrewed campaign... so, she’s frozen in time rn until he decides to pick that up again -_-’ There’s little chance of that happening.

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Simon Cheramie... love this boi.

He’s a half drow that’s...really friendly. But if you fuck with him (not the fun kind, that is), he’s gonna kill you and steal your shadow, and find out why you’re here and maybe try to steal stuff from you. 

It’s nothing personal!

So...the original Saltmarsh Squad was... Me playing Simon here. there was a Warforged Monk, called 42, who was heavily modeled off of HK-47 from KotOR (he evaluates everyone and says “Threat level: minimal”, etc). A Fairy named Fey (homebrewed race). A druid from the swamp named Bog...and Fresca Gooseberry, the warlock of Kelemvor who thought he was a cleric. Colorful group, so pretty typical D&D stuff :3

We get to the haunted house that’s in the beginning, and we find this guy tied up. 42 looks him over and says, “Threat level: negligible.” We untie him, and we decide to keep looking through this house. He gets upset, because he doesn’t want to stay, especially without a weapon. He also doesn’t want to return to town by himself. 42 detaches his pinkie... and hands it to him, saying that every part of his body is a weapon, so that counts. 

The guy looks at the pinkie finger and then looks at Simon, and Simon says, “Well... I’ve done a whole lot more with a whole lot less.” 

And that really just set the tone for the group of assholes that made up the Saltmarsh Squad. We ended up owning an island that a group of cultists had been living on... Built a stronghold there (thanks, Colville). I think Simon had a tower and and establishment (tavern). Good times.

That campaign is over, but I think about Simon and what he would’ve done.... a lot happened, and.. well..

Simon technically has two dads. His actual biological father (Enoch Cheramie) is a half elf ranger who ended up captured by a priestess from Menzoberranzan while she was attempting to establish a power base near a rift in the underdark that lead to the Astral sea...she was...I mean, she had a lot of ambitions, but that’s not part of Simon’s story, really. 

This Priestess of Lolth (Gaussynrae Teken'sek) was intrigued enough by Enoch (a planes walker in his own right) that she kept him around.. partially for his intriguing presence near ‘her’ portal, but also because she enjoyed toying with him ...in a lot of ways. Her head assassin (Vress’lvel) escaped with Enoch months after his imprisonment. Gaussynrae had been tormenting a lot of people, and he wanted to get out of there as well. Few months later, she showed back up with a baby, reminding them that they’re not free from her and never will be, and she’ll check in if she feels like it later. She left the baby with them... for a lot of reasons. A part of her does care about this baby, but she knows it’d be hard protecting him in the world she lives in. So, she left him with Enoch.... Enoch.. in spite of being rather shell shocked, views Simon as one of the best things to come from his life. 

Because of Gaussynrae’s threats, Enoch and Vress ended up roaming a lot, and trying to find ways to keep her away while they raise this baby boy :) Things happened, and eventually they became more of a power couple. 

Simon was raised without ever setting down roots, and I honestly think that he would amass a small fortune, get a few key items and then, party up with his dads and leave for the wild blue yonder.

...also, Wild Blue Yonder might be one of his handles.. it just sounds like him :3

[msmoonicorn]

Heeeey :D This is Rexa (not really).

This gal calls herself Rexa McCroix. She’s a tiefling adopted by a knight… from Eberron. A reporter by profession (because she loves the written word), and a Warlock/Rogue as an adventurer. How else do you get to cover dangerous stories??

She’s also, the character who was transitioned from the Moorlands of Eberron to Barovia when our DM decided to swap us…. He never made it clear, but by the end of our campaign, we were like…level 9. I’m pretty sure my girl here was like… level 4 celestial Warlock, level 5 arcane trickster Rogue, and level 1 arcane cleric.

I’m not entirely happy with the sword on her back… It takes some explaining -_- So, the group went to Argynvostholt, right? At trust the ‘knights’ there attacked them, but Rexa rolled high on her persuasion, and convinced the knights not to attack the party since the party opposed Strahd. They spoke to… Godfrey? Was it Godfrey? I think his name was Godfrey… Anyway, they spoke to the head knight, and he explained about Argynvost and everything that afflicted the knights.

Now, Rexa took the pact of the blade as her warlock pact. After the party settled everything with the skull of Argynvost, she made sure to take Godfrey’s huge +2 great word, and she made it her pact weapon… It tickled my DM so much to see a tiny tiefling warlock/rogue spinnin around with a huge great sword :D… For her part, Rexa found a great deal of satisfaction in using that sword to fight Strahd… She knew the knights had passed on, but… she liked the idea that a relic of theirs helped defeat their ancient enemy. She’s sentimental like that :3