Background: Sage Background: Soldier Background: Noble

You have spent your life dedicated to the Trained as a soldier on the island of Your family is no stranger to wealth, power
research of obscure arcana lore and history. Mintarn, you traveled to Neverwinter as part and privilege. In the glory days of
You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls of a mercenary company that serves as both Neverwinter, your parents were the count
and listened to the greatest experts on army and city watch. You grew disillusioned and countess of Corlinn Hill, a large estate
arcana. Your efforts have made you a master with your fellow soldiers, who seem to enjoy located in the hills northeast of the city. But
in your field. their authority at the expense of the people Mount Hotenow erupted thirty years ago,
they’re supposed to protect. devastating Neverwinter and erasing
Corlinn Hill from the map. Instead of
growing up on an estate, you were raised in
a small but comfortable town house in
Everything came to a head recently, when Waterdeep.
Personal Goal you disobeyed an order and followed your
Learn the arcane lore of Old Owl Well. conscience. You were suspended from active As an adult, you instead to inherit a
duty, though you kept your rank and your meaningless title and little else.
You have recently come across vague connection to the mercenaries. Since then,
mentions of a place called Old Owl Well in a you have devoted yourself to your deity. Personal Goal:
waterlogged journal by Daran Edermath Civilize Phandalin.
found buried in the Neverwinter Academy
library. You were meant for more than being a ruler
Personal Goal: of nothing at all. Rebuilding Corlinn Hill is
It is rumored that the ancient watchtower Teach the Redbrands a lesson. impractical, thanks to the volcano. But in
holds a fountain of arcane lore and the last three or four years, hardy settlers
information. After months of researching You’ve heard that Daran Edermath in the have been rebuilding another ruin near the
his name, you have discovered Daran town of Phandalin is looking for people of city: The old town of Phandalin, which orcs
Edermath lives in the rural town of courage and principle to teach some bullies sacked five centuries ago. Clearly what
Phandalin. a lesson. These thugs, the Redbrands, have Phandalin needs now is a civilizing
been throwing their weight around influence - someone to take the reins and
Phandalin, much as your compatriots did in bring law and order. Someone like you.
Neverwinter. Putting a stop to their villainy
is a worthy goal. You’re not the only one with such ideas. A
knight named Sildar Hallwinter recently set
out for Phandalin in the company of a
Dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker and plan
to reclaim an ancient mine and restore
Phandalin to a civilized center of wealth and
prosperity. Since your goals align,
Hallwinter should be willing to assist you.
 Background: Criminal Background: Folk Hero Background: Acolyte

The town of Phandalin is built on the ruins Your parents lived in the prosperous village You have spent your life dedicated to
of an older settlement, vacant for five of Thundertree, east of the city of Oghma, all seeing god of knowledge, and
centuries until some hardy settlers set about Neverwinter and at the edge of the spent years learning the lore of the
rebuilding it some years back. Drawn by Neverwinter Wood. But when nearby Mount multiverse.
stories of gold and platinum in the nearby Hotenow erupted thirty years ago, your
foothills, you came to Phandalin as well, not parents fled, carrying you in your infancy.
to earn a living but to prey on those who Your family drifted from village to village
struck it rich. You joined a gang calling itself around the region, finding work as servants Personal Goal:
the Redbrands and made some decent coin or laborers where they could. Reconsecrate the Defiled Altar.
as a burglar, enforcer or fence.
You’ve spent the last few years in Through visions delivered in your trances,
But you must have made an enemy among Neverwinter as a porter and laborer at the your god has called you to a new mission. A
your fellow Redbrands. Someone set you up. city’s bustling docks. But it’s clear to you goblin tribe has made its lair in an ancient
On that person’s word, the head of the and everyone around you that you are ruin now called Cragmaw Castle, where they
Redbrands - a wizard called Glasstaff - tried destined for much more. You stood up to an have defiled a shrine once sacred to Oghma.
to have you killed. You escaped, barely alive abusive ship captain once and so the
and thanking Tymora, the goddess of good dockworkers lookup to you. Now dedicated to the vile goblin god
fortune, for your luck. You fled Phandalin, Maglubiyet, the altar is an offense to Oghma
almost penniless and with only the tools of Someday you’ll come into your own. You’ll that must not stand.
your trade to your name. be a hero.
You’re sure Oghma has greater things in
Personal Goal Personal Goal: store for you if you can complete this task. In
Get your revenge. Drive off the dragon. the meantime, your visions suggest that Sister
Garaele - a Priest of Tymora, the Goddess of
Someone in the Redbrands nearly got you The ruins of Thundertree call to you. Your Luck - can aid you in the town of Phandalin.
killed, and you sure would like to know who family and their friends once lived in
it was. And then you’d like to take your prosperity there, and now they’re reduced to
revenge - on that person, on Glasstaff, menial labor. The ruins are haunted by ash
maybe on all the Redbrands. And you just zombies and rumor has it a dragon has
got a tip that might help you: made its lair in the Old Tower, but those are
problems a hero can solve. Slay the dragon,
Someone Named Halia Thornton also has it or drive it off, and you’ll prove - to yourself
out for the Redbrands. She lives in and everyone else - you’re a real hero,
Phandalin, which means showing your face destined for greatness.
to the Redbrands who still want you dead,
but it may be worth the risk.