December 24, 2025
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They were not villains.
They were not reckless.
Each curse was earned through sacrifice, mercy, or someone else’s betrayal.
Individually, they search for redemption.
Together, they believe none of them has to be lost.
Their pact is simple: no cure is abandoned, no burden carried alone.
Once a sworn protector of border villages, the Oathbound broke rank to save a child during a sanctioned purge. The curse meant for the innocent struck him instead. His body now bears the mark of the beast, a constant reminder of the price of mercy.
He did not lose his oath.
He lost the order that should have upheld it.
Now he channels divine power through discipline and will alone, holding the line when others falter. He believes his curse can be lifted, but only after ensuring the others are freed first.
His vow remains unbroken, even if his body is not.
Severin Vell died while tending the sick during a plague, staying behind when others fled. He gave last rites until his body failed beside those he could not save. By morning, the chapel was silent.
He returned anyway.
Death released him without explanation. Divine magic still answers his prayers, but it comes cold and distant. The undead recoil from his presence, as if unsure what to make of him.
Severin travels to understand why he was returned and what claim still hangs over him. He believes his curse is not punishment, but something unfinished.
Death remembers his name.
The pact was never about power.
It was about saving someone else.
Kaelis made a desperate bargain to stop a greater evil, never realizing the cost would be freedom rather than life. The patron still whispers, still pulls, but the warlock resists with every ounce of will he has left.
He uses the power because refusing it would endanger the others. Every spell is an act of defiance as much as obedience.
His goal is not to break the pact alone, but to sever all bindings, his and others’, so no one else ever has to make the same choice.
Power borrowed, never embraced.
Once a healer obsessed with curing incurable diseases, Bramwick pushed too far. Exposure, experimentation, and one catastrophic failure altered him permanently.
His body survives by unnatural means, stitched together by alchemy and stubborn intellect. He feels pain differently now. Healing magic behaves unpredictably.
Rather than hide, he documents everything. Every monster part, every reaction, every cure attempt is logged, refined, and shared with the party.
He believes curses are problems, not punishments, and problems can be solved.
If a curse exists, it has a solution.
They do not travel for gold or glory.
They hunt cursed relics, forbidden rituals, lost saints, and forgotten truths.
Each success brings hope.
Each failure strengthens their resolve.
They argue, they doubt, they fear the day one of them cannot be saved.
But none of them walks away.
Because they know the truth most adventurers ignore:
Curses don’t fade when you face them alone.
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