BabblingBlend

These are in alphabetical order, and in the order they are in the picture above.

Alco Alden - Wood elf / Fighter. He's the first DND character I ever made, though sadly his campaign got dropped. I can't remember his original backstory, but my friends immediately clocked the slight Zelda inspirations I had. So when I remade him into an OC, I leaned more into those inspirations. He's from a small forest village, and one day he finds a broken sword, which comes with a quest to restore the blade, rescue the kingdom's princess, and vanquish an ancient evil archdevil.

Ellaria "Aria" Rhodes - Human / Monk. Aria is the kingdom's princess who went missing after the castle was sieged. She escaped her would-be captors with the help of an esteemed knight (Sykes's father), and she's spent her time since then hiding and training at a monastery.

Callisto Vokos - Human / Wizard. Originally Callisto was inspired by the Kalashtar from DND, but I've altered her to be more original. She's always had an affinity for psychic magic ever since she was a child, which she studies further as she searches for answers to these innate abilities. She has a spirit guide/animal companion named Arcas, who takes the form of a bear cub.

Ivan Highbreeze - Dwarf / Barbarian. I've only recently added Ivan to this roster of characters, so I'm still reworking his story. He was my third DND character I made, and the only one who actually got a complete DND campaign (tho admittedly it was a three-shot). In that campaign, he was very all brawn and no brain.

Jolan - Tiefling / Artificer. Jolan's gone through a lot of class changes since his inception. Originally he was a cleric, then a sorcerer, and recently I settled on artificer. Which helps round out the classes for this group of characters, and honestly fits better with some ideas I have for him. He was stolen away from parents as a baby by an archfey named Tantra. She raised him in the Feywild alongside her partner Veran, but Tantra had dark plans to use Jolan's fiendish heritage to summon an ancient archdevil to the Mortal Realm.

Kazuo Kenji - Water Genasi / Life Cleric. Kazuo was an orphan that got adopted by the nomadic Kenji Tribe dedicated to the Warden of Life, to whom he eventually becomes a cleric of. This tribe was originally formed in honor of the goddess to preserve and protect life, tho in recent times their motives seem to have become skewed.

Linette Decaen - Air Genasi / Storm Sorcerer. Linette was raised in a church dedicated to the goddess of storms, due to her connection to storm magic. Here she meets and falls in love with her girlfriend, who goes missing one stormy night. Linette doesn't hesitate to set off and find her girlfriend, which leads her to investigating interdimensional rifts.

Lyric Salo - Tiefling / Rogue. Lyric comes from a rich and well-known family. She and her many siblings and cousins are raised to serve and preserve the family's legacy. She doesn't want any of this, and thus decides to run off and join an adventuring guild. Here she becomes best friends and rivals with Rhys.

Nevren "Nudge" Noland - Aasimar / Swords Bard. Nudge is from the longest (unfinished) campaign I played in, which was pirate themed. He's from an aasimar family (which means he has angelic heritage), which he's run away from in favor of a life on the high seas. He has a magic coin he uses to communicate with his family's angelic guide.

Rhys Oretsev - Revenant Half-Elf / Undying Warlock. Rhys was the second DND character I made. He was brought back from death by a goddess called the Warden of Death, whose motivations and plans are shrouded in mystery. When not doing her bidding, they've found employment in an adventuring guild where he's become friends and rivals with Lyric.

Sage Lusin - Tiefling / Ranger. The Lusin family is renowned around the world for the maps they make, and when Sage comes of age, it's their turn to set off and partake in the mapmaking trade and add onto the family's ongoing map of the world.

Sykes Cabeiri - Fire Genasi / Crown Paladin. Sykes wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a knight, but things change when he discovers the military's corruption. He brings this to his father, who swiftly disowns and kicks Sykes out. (Sykes doesn't know it, but his father does this to protect him.)