General Character Ideas

These are just a few ideas for what sort of person you might want your character to be. They are however just guidelines based on what sorts of people are around the area the most. If you want to go with something different then that’s fine by me as long as you ask me first.

• Village elders: Those the people here look to for leadership. Respected as being the wisest, noblest, scariest or best at bribing that their village has to offer. All have lived on the island for at least five years and probably longer. They know the people and the ways here (note, this does not mean they have to like them). Almost exclusively humans none of them are likely to be overly proficient in combat, magery, or rituals, none of these being things that a farming village is likely to have much use for.
• Escaped Slaves: Can be pretty much anything. They just have to have been kidnapped by pirates at some point (and yes, if your character is too great and good and honourable to be taken alive, remember that pirates aren’t. You could easily have been coshed while sleeping in a cheap tavern and woken up chained up in the hold). Can be of pretty much any race, belief or skill set but probably has an ingrained hatred of pirates and slavery by now.
• Travellers: While the island is not in the middle of any trade routes (being a pirate haven and everything), some travellers still make it to its shores. Most of these tend to be the more weathered and experienced of their kind, either looking for somewhaer new and excitng, just stopping of on their way through to somewhere better or looking for somewhere to settle down for their old age.
• Use Your Imagination: If you want to play someone else and can come up with a good reason why they’d be on the island and invited to this meeting then email me the basics and I’ll give you a Yay or Nay on it. If it’s interesting enough I’ll probably go with it though.