From some out-loud conversations with the lore fairy due to Marriage Privileges, here's what I've got worked out! (Posting it here to link to folks >:3c)
Jonathan Sims is a moon elf, and originates from a Skyhold! He attended a magical university with a specialty in astral magic, and was a fairly prolific graduate of said school. Much to the dismay of his peers, his only interest in his magical talents are divination, as well as extremely practical magic, such as getting to avoid refilling inkwells and fetching books off shelves.
Having left to find his own path right after his graduation, no longer under the prying and very concerned eyes of his family, he sought to strike his fortune as a historian in Victoria's Crossing. There was no luck there for him, except for entering a lovely marriage of convenience with a dear friend.
Luck would strike when he caught rumor of a town that was founded off the coast of the greater Emerald Isles. With an estate shared between the two, Annabel's incredible sewing talents, and great aspirations to be one of the earliest prolific anthropologists to document the happenings on Marrow Isle. (This wasn't even mentioning the benefits of getting away from overbearing parents.)
He now spends much of his time in his library, but makes frequent hikes to the Greymare Library to do his research, as well as catch locals and take a newspaper to see the latest happenings. After all, someone's got to put these strange occurrences in writing, don't they?
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Pomni, now Penelope Desrosiers is a fairly recent addition to the Pumpkin Hollow community, only having been there for about a year. She's half-changeling, half-halfling, equal parts anxiety and impostor syndrome. She's 4'9", fairly lightweight, and posesses inaccurate transformation ability - she can almost manage most shapes, but there's always some tell that they're not correct, such as size, shape, color, pattern, or other defining feature.
She stowed away on a ship to Marrow Isle after abruptly leaving her home of Etoistelle in Florentino, determined to make something of herself and stop being a disappointment to her family. She speaks Emeran fairly well, only struggling with hyper-specific words that don't have a direct translation, and still fluently speaks Southern Florentinian. Currently, she's taking a crack at being a woodworking assistant to Ryja in her workshop!
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Arthur Morgan is still a Pumpkin Hollow native, and a reformed rabblerouser. He was part of the notorious Van der Linde Gang, a group that was mostly comprised of teenagers as the "muscle", committing petty crime in the name of their leader. When the notorious Dutch Van der Linde made a pact with Eligos to triumph over some criminal rivals, the result was bloodshed - neither group made it out intact, with most Van der Linde members who survived scattering to the winds.
Arthur chose to stay after earning the favor of a few upstanding community members, and turned his behavior for the better. He's still got some of the reputation for being trouble--- as well as some of the surly attitude that comes with it--- but is generally considered on the up-and-up. He's willing to get his hands dirty for friends, though, as long as these things should stay quiet. Old habits die hard, after all.
Mostly for fun: here's what was up with the Van der Linde Gang's members, how they translated to the AU, and their fates/current status! Their ages are listed as what they would've been at the time, just to keep things from getting confusing. The dividing event and subsequent deaths happened 10 years prior to the AU's current date. Dutch, 49 - human; dead, after a deal with Eligos went sideways Charles, 17 - wood elf; returned to ancestral home in Ngaba woodlands Javier, 16 - sun elf; took off to sea, travelling Leviathan Lenny, 15 - human; went to Glassighe, settled down Bill, 21 - half-orc; dead Micah, 29 - tiefling; assisted Eligos in corrupting the group, dead Pearson, 30 - orc; still in Pumpkin Hollow, working at Empty Pockets Abigail, 15 - human; moved to Anwyll with John John, 14 - half-elf (wood); moved to Anwyll with Abigail Arthur, 16 - human; still in Pumpkin Hollow Sadie, 18 - half-elf (sun); lives in town, rancher Karen, 15 - halfling; died of monster attacks later on Tilly, 19 - Moon Elf; moved to Braxtony with spouse Susan, 41 - human; died during conflict Mary-Beth, 16 - tiefling; left for Anwyll to become a novellist Swanson, 38 - human; left for Victoria's Crossing, joined the Church of Merwyn (the Virtue of Second Chances), doing better Sean, 19 - tiefling; died in conflict Kieran, 20 - human; Sadie's ranch hand Hosea, 50 - green mountain dwarf; retired to Florentino Uncle, 55 - human; lives with John and Abigail Strauss, 38 - high elf; cast out of group, died of monster attack Trelawney, 29 - high elf; no one knows where he went Molly, 48 - hill dwarf; died in conflict (infighting)
Updated Character Notes!!!
Jonathan Sims is a moon elf, and originates from a Skyhold! He attended a magical university with a specialty in astral magic, and was a fairly prolific graduate of said school. Much to the dismay of his peers, his only interest in his magical talents are divination, as well as extremely practical magic, such as getting to avoid refilling inkwells and fetching books off shelves.
Having left to find his own path right after his graduation, no longer under the prying and very concerned eyes of his family, he sought to strike his fortune as a historian in Victoria's Crossing. There was no luck there for him, except for entering a lovely marriage of convenience with a dear friend.
Luck would strike when he caught rumor of a town that was founded off the coast of the greater Emerald Isles. With an estate shared between the two, Annabel's incredible sewing talents, and great aspirations to be one of the earliest prolific anthropologists to document the happenings on Marrow Isle. (This wasn't even mentioning the benefits of getting away from overbearing parents.)
He now spends much of his time in his library, but makes frequent hikes to the Greymare Library to do his research, as well as catch locals and take a newspaper to see the latest happenings. After all, someone's got to put these strange occurrences in writing, don't they?
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Pomni, now Penelope Desrosiers is a fairly recent addition to the Pumpkin Hollow community, only having been there for about a year. She's half-changeling, half-halfling, equal parts anxiety and impostor syndrome. She's 4'9", fairly lightweight, and posesses inaccurate transformation ability - she can almost manage most shapes, but there's always some tell that they're not correct, such as size, shape, color, pattern, or other defining feature.
She stowed away on a ship to Marrow Isle after abruptly leaving her home of Etoistelle in Florentino, determined to make something of herself
and stop being a disappointment to her family. She speaks Emeran fairly well, only struggling with hyper-specific words that don't have a direct translation, and still fluently speaks Southern Florentinian. Currently, she's taking a crack at being a woodworking assistant to Ryja in her workshop!-
Arthur Morgan is still a Pumpkin Hollow native, and a reformed rabblerouser. He was part of the notorious Van der Linde Gang, a group that was mostly comprised of teenagers as the "muscle", committing petty crime in the name of their leader. When the notorious Dutch Van der Linde made a pact with Eligos to triumph over some criminal rivals, the result was bloodshed - neither group made it out intact, with most Van der Linde members who survived scattering to the winds.
Arthur chose to stay after earning the favor of a few upstanding community members, and turned his behavior for the better. He's still got some of the reputation for being trouble--- as well as some of the surly attitude that comes with it--- but is generally considered on the up-and-up. He's willing to get his hands dirty for friends, though, as long as these things should stay quiet. Old habits die hard, after all.
Mostly for fun: here's what was up with the Van der Linde Gang's members, how they translated to the AU, and their fates/current status! Their ages are listed as what they would've been at the time, just to keep things from getting confusing. The dividing event and subsequent deaths happened 10 years prior to the AU's current date.
Dutch, 49 - human; dead, after a deal with Eligos went sideways
Charles, 17 - wood elf; returned to ancestral home in Ngaba woodlands
Javier, 16 - sun elf; took off to sea, travelling Leviathan
Lenny, 15 - human; went to Glassighe, settled down
Bill, 21 - half-orc; dead
Micah, 29 - tiefling; assisted Eligos in corrupting the group, dead
Pearson, 30 - orc; still in Pumpkin Hollow, working at Empty Pockets
Abigail, 15 - human; moved to Anwyll with John
John, 14 - half-elf (wood); moved to Anwyll with Abigail
Arthur, 16 - human; still in Pumpkin Hollow
Sadie, 18 - half-elf (sun); lives in town, rancher
Karen, 15 - halfling; died of monster attacks later on
Tilly, 19 - Moon Elf; moved to Braxtony with spouse
Susan, 41 - human; died during conflict
Mary-Beth, 16 - tiefling; left for Anwyll to become a novellist
Swanson, 38 - human; left for Victoria's Crossing, joined the Church of Merwyn (the Virtue of Second Chances), doing better
Sean, 19 - tiefling; died in conflict
Kieran, 20 - human; Sadie's ranch hand
Hosea, 50 - green mountain dwarf; retired to Florentino
Uncle, 55 - human; lives with John and Abigail
Strauss, 38 - high elf; cast out of group, died of monster attack
Trelawney, 29 - high elf; no one knows where he went
Molly, 48 - hill dwarf; died in conflict (infighting)