About the Derailers

Arunak Pythargun

Teifling Monk of the Cobalt Soul | DDB

Arunak grew up as an orphan on the streets of Riverband and had never met another red tiefling before his adventures. Now, he has learned that not only is he the long lost child of the Crimson Eye, a family of assassins from the fire plane, but he has a sister. Dorza is a defector from the family, had been searching for him and met up with the team during their first visit to Riverband. Now together, they work to help the Derailers and avoid their dangerous family.

Arunak is the quietest of the bunch, clever, and straight to the point. He is usually the first to suss out a threat and is fiercely protective.

Signature Weapon: Checkmate, Flying Sword

Signature Move: Stun

You did this because I’m a monk. That’s classest!

upon discovering that an enemy was immune to stun

Havayla Gresta

High-Elf Cleric of Twilight | DDB

Companion: Aurora Moonflower

Appearing out of nowhere while the Derailers were exploring a feywild-adjacent dungeon, Haveyla is always accompanied by her unicorn companion Aurora (and her previously secret shadow turned husband, Ryker). Curious to a dangerous fault, Haveyla felt stifled by her family’s expectations and started adventuring.

Having been promised to the goddess Sehanine Moonbow at an early age by her father, Havayla bears a heavy burden of responsibility to a deity that is nearing the end of her reign.

Signature Weapon: Flame Tongue Long Sword

Signature Move: Moonbeam

Nathan Falchion

Shifter Eldrich Knight Warlock | DDB

Coming onboard Ryker’s airship as one of the new crew members, the half-elf Nathan quickly revealed his true form to the Derailers as a Shifter, along with his background. He was raised by a race of wooden war forged in the south, who were wiped out by Kane when he was 12. He was found by Octavius (of Octavius’ Outrageous Oddities), healed, and adopted. Years later, Octavius sent him to find the Derailers and deliver goods they had purchased but never picked up, setting him out on his mission to hunt down Kane. Nathan also holds an interesting artifact, a simulacrum that speaks to him, calling itself the Verger of the Dawn and claiming him as its protector.

What will Nathan do now that Kane has been destroyed (for now). Why is his simulacrum drawn in Kane’s notebook?

Signature Weapon: Eldritch Blast

Signature Move: Eldritch Blast

Ryker Sturm-Able

Air Genasi Rogue Scout | DDB

Also appearing out of nowhere while the Derailers were exploring a feywild-adjacent dungeon, Ryker had been an unseen protector for Havayla during her travels. A previous stent in the military has given Ryker a strict tactical approach to situations and he is dutifully committed to keeping his wife, Havayla, safe, whatever the cost. That protective nature has now encompassed the rest of the Derailers.

In a twist of fate, Ryker has joined Havayla in responsibility and fealty to Sehanine Moonbow, as he has been claimed as her vessel in the coming Moonbreak.

Signature Weapon: Fairy-Fire Longbow

Signature Move: Flying leap-shot

Wander Mountainroot

Firbolg Cleric of Knowledge | DDB

Wander joined paths with the team while both were investigating the tomb of an ancient giant. She started her journey on a mission from her god (whom she only knows as Knowledge) and her people to save them from the unknown darkness under the northern mountains. Wander comes from a large family of healers and tinkers but hasn’t traveled too far outside of her clan lands until now. She does not do well with thinking before the doing, especially when there are buttons or switches around. But she is solidly dedicated to being a help to all she can and will (apologetically) unleash pain upon threats to her clan and team.

Signature Weapon: Holy Symbol

Signature Move: Command

Yevin Van Gon

Half-Elf Bard / Sorcerer | DDB

Missing memories and fingers, Yevin knows that he was an archer in the Hearthollow army during the Kobold wars, but had been imprisioned by the enemy and his shooting fingers removed. Somehow he escaped, but through a blow to the head, has lost the majority of his memory before being rescued and cared for by a kind villageman named Buck Willingham. Yevin remade himself as a purveyor of stories and joined an adventuring crew. But troubled dreams and sudden revealing of Draconic sorcery powers hint toward an even more checkered past than the simple soldier he assumed he was. Yevin is often the “big brother” of the group, keeping an eye on moral and often giving a tune to calm or cheer.

Through his journey, Yevin discovered that he was tied by blood to the revenant Kane, through his mother Aria, a Dragon. Memory restored, his draconic lineage was at war with his half-elven guise. Reunited with both his childhood sweetheart and his father, Yevin decided to leave the Derailers for a time, instead to seek his own fortunes away from the politics of Hearthollow.

Signature Weapon: Cutting Words

Signature Move: Dragon’s Breath