tabletop characters
my various original characters for tabletop games! click on each image for a short bio of each of my characters, and art credits. i may include my larp characters at a later date, but i feel odd posting about them online as they are characters i physically play. WIP
Nathaniel Storanen
Gender & Pronouns: Male (he/him)
Sexuality: Gay
Age: 35
Activity: Current
Game System: D&D 5e
Game: Incursion (D&D Homebrew, Pathfinder Inner Sea Setting)
Heritage: Tiefling
Class: Artificer
Nathaniel is a tiefling artificer from Mendev, and is inspired by the golden age detective archetype. Born to a family of humans in a country ruled by a religious monarchy, his youth was tumultuous. He found joy in solving puzzles, both physical and intellectual, and has been using his skills to solve cold cases, help those who were wronged by authority, and oppose corrupt systems with the help of his husband, a half-orc cleric from the Mwangi Expanse. He has temporarily left home to solve some larger happenings in the world, joining up with an odd bunch of adventurers set on preventing the end of the world.
Art Credit: Commissioned from @mika.murha on Instagram
Kalantan "Kalan" Shavani
Gender & Pronouns: Male (he/him)
Sexuality: Bisexual, male preference
Age: 120-ish (20 human equivalent)
Activity: Hiatus
Game System: D&D 5e
Game: Incursion (D&D Homebrew, Pathfinder Inner Sea Setting)
Heritage: Drow
Class: Paladin/Rogue
Kalan has lived on ships his whole life; his mother is a fierce pirate captain, notorious for taking down merchant ships, with his father acting as first mate. He is currently separated from his crew and family after a diastrous mutiny separated them. He was saved from execution by the mutineers when a storm suddenly struck the ship, and Kalan washed safely ashore sometime later. He credited his luck to the grace of Gozreh, and swore to become a paladin of the sea god. He may not be the smartest member of the group (7 INT), but he cares immensely about those he considers his allies and family. Currently on hiatus for personal reasons.
Art Credit: Commissioned from Rowan Weir
Aksana Koval
Gender & Pronouns: Ambivalent (she/they)
Sexuality: Lesbian
Age: 24
Activity: Current
Game System: Blades in the Dark
Game: Archonic Epoch (Blades Homebrew, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles with supernaturally powered ruling class)
Heritage: Ukrainian
Playbook: Slide
Aksana is the "face" of the heist crew. She is a trained dancer turned sleight-of-hand magician, and is exclusively extrinsically motivated as she never had an opportunity to discover interests of her own. She learned sleight-of-hand to find her brother, who disappeared shortly after the Epoch; he always wanted to be a famous stage magician, so she thought if she could become a famous magician too, they would have a better chance of finding each other. She currently works with a heist crew to help find her brother (and cure him, now that she's found him). She naturally has a very flat affect, but has trained herself to act and perform so she can fit any role.
Picrew Credit: snakeinajar
Kaylie "Kay" Zheng
Gender & Pronouns: Female (she/her)
Sexuality: Lesbian
Age: 30
Activity: Upcoming
Game System: Blades in the Dark
Game: Archonic Epoch (Blades Homebrew, post-apocalyptic Las Vegas with supernaturally powered ruling class)
Heritage: Taiwanese-American
Playbook: Leech
A bartender who loves mixing up molotov cocktails a little too much. She has an educational background in business and hospitality, and intended to take over her parents' bakery business before the Epoch happened. She presents as bubbly, fun-loving, and just wants to have fun (and wants others to do the same), but it's all a way to cope with her wife's untimely death. The harsh reality of the world can't hurt her if she doesn't offer it space in her brain or personality! br>
Picrew Credit: Maddel
Dragh Helviund, alias Enoch
Gender & Pronouns: Male (he/him)
Sexuality: Whatever's convenient
Age: Human equivalent of mid-thirties
Activity: Current
Game System: Starfinder
Game: The Enagon Heist
Heritage: Space Drow
Class & Theme: Envoy, Icon
Born to the high-ranking Helviund family of Nightarch (founders of Helviund Corp, an arms developer), Dragh was always second to his twin sister, Akorra. She was very much the golden child, and poised to become heir of the corporation, while Dragh was seen as expendable. Not nearly as intelligent as his sister, and lacking her poise, but useful and scrappy enough to do the hard work. After decades of his hard work going unappreciated--nothing he did seemed to be good enough for his family--he faked his death, stealing a new weapon prototype being delivered to an important client in the progress. Now he goes by the alias "Enoch" and works as a con man and informant, and has gotten wrapped up in a plot to oppose the Enagon organization.
Picrew Credit: MaeEllen