The First Adventure: A Reader's Guide

Characters

Audria
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Neutral Good

Caraliss
Class: Sorceress/Archmage
Alignment: Lawful Good

Elathan Hlarr
Class: Sorcerer
Alignment: Chaotic Good, later Chaotic Neutral

Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence
Bishounen
Break The Cutie: Elathan being captured by drow earlier in his life changed his personality for the worse.

Corrupt The Cutie: Horen managed to turn him to his side thanks to a bit of Brainwashing.
Broken Bird
Deadpan Snarker
Green Eyes
Jerkass Woobie
Kill It With Fire: Elathan's go-to tactic.
Laser Guided Amnesia: What Horen pulled on him the second time he was captured.
The Mole: What he became when he was "rescued" by the group at Eaglereach (which was actually his plan, not Horen's).
Non Human Sidekick: Tasha.
Squishy Wizard
Tall, Dark, And Snarky

Farrln Bloodclaw
Class: Fighter/Swashbuckler
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Cat Boy
Celibate Hero
The Dutiful Son
Dual Wielding
Heroes Prefer Swords
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Willem.
Hot Consort: Pretended to be one to calm a group of religious folks in a desert town.
Immortality Begins at Twenty
Meaningful Name: Farrln's name means "strength" in Feline.
Modest Royalty
Red Oni: To Willem's blue.
Royals Who Actually Do Something

Warrior Prince

Gaylia Wistari
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Neutral Good

Horendithas Rhuimin
Class: Sorcerer
Alignment: Neutral Evil, then Chaotic Neutral

Archnemesis: To Willem.
Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence
Big Bad
Bishounen
Blonde Guys Are Evil
The Chessmaster
Combat Sadomasochist
Depraved Bisexual
Even The Guys Want Him
Evil Laugh
Evil Sorcerer
Fan Nickname: Horen and Creepy.
Hair of Gold
Hidden Agenda Villian: No one quite knew what Horen was up to until the very end.
Hot Guys Are Bastards
I Have You Now My Pretty
Immortality Begins At Twenty
In Love With Your Carnage
Loves The Sound Of Screaming
Magnificent Bastard
Manipulative Bastard
Man Of Wealth And Taste
Motive Decay

The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: Originally, he only wanted to find a way to restore the Taintlands when he was an apprentice mage. After coming into contact with Baenril's will, however, his motives slowly became warped into becoming a god.
Older Than They Look
Opposites Attract: With Elathan.
Our Elves Are Better
Pointy Ears
Purple Eyes
Shock And Awe: Most of Horen's spells are focused around lightning.
Smug Snake
Time Master
Well-Intentioned Extremist: At least, he was at first.... (see: The Dark Side Will Make You Forget)

Karrashiva Bloodclaw
Class: Rogue/Assassin/Perfect Wight
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (formerly Chaotic Evil)

Brainy Brunette
Cat Girl
Cats Are Mean: Is generally personable, but all bets are off once you've annoyed her.
Dark And Troubled Past
Dark Is Not Evil
Death Glare
Different As Night And Day: From her husband, at least as first.
From Nobody To Nightmare: Came from very humble beginnings and clawed her way up the ranks to become an assassin of repute.
The High Queen
Holy Hitman: Is one of the Raven Queen's Perfect Slayers.
Immortality Begins At Twenty
Knife Nut
Lady Of War
Living Forever Is Awesome: Was (technically is) quite fond of her immortality, since she has all time to hone her skills.
Mama Bear
Multi Melee Master
Names To Run Away From Really Fast: During her assassination career.
Older Than They Look
Opposites Attract: When they met, Karrashiva was Chaotic Neutral and Saireus was Lawful Good. Yeah.
Royals Who Actually Do Something
Scarily Competent Tracker
Why Did It Have To Be Mindflayers?: Has a deep-seated fear of illithids.
Winged Humanoid: Has a pair of retractable raven wings granted to her by the Raven Queen.
The Woman Wearing The Queenly Mask: When she first took control of Farrlmarr, the people weren't very fond of her and she didn't enjoy being trapped in one place after a few months of playing monarch. However, once Saireus came and gave her something to bicker with, she gradually got better and became a better Queen.
You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry

Kayla Dankis
Class: Cleric
Alignment: Neutral Good

Action Girl
Chronic Hero Syndrome
Curtains Match The Window
Drop The Hammer
The Heart
The Medic
Our Dwarves Are All The Same: Subverted. Kayla is the nicest dwarf in the history, although she does enjoy a good pint and a lot of other dwarvish traditions.
Undying Loyalty: For Elathan.

Reldaerqel Aldanae
Class: Rogue/Ranger (later Rogue/Ranger/Wizard)
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Willem DiMarko
Class: Crusader
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Beware The Nice Ones
Big Eater
Blue Eyes
Blue Oni: To Farrln's red.
Catchphrase: "Do you ever shut up?!" when fighting with Horen.
Chaste Hero
Cool Sword: Adinious.
Failure Knight: After Elathan gets kidnapped the first time. He failed again.
Hair of Gold
Heroes Prefer Swords
Heroic BSOD: After Elathan was kidnapped the second time, though he was having a really bad day already.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Farrln.
I'll Kill You!: Willem vowed to kill Horen no matter what.
Ironic Fear: Willem is scared of magic when magic is very commonplace and used everywhere.
Oblivious To Love
Shell Shocked Veteran: After fighting one-on-one with Horen, it kinda broke him a little.
This Is Unforgivable: Willem really didn't like all the crap Horen put everyone through. He still doesn't.
Tranquil Fury