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When Lander was born, the local kenku cleric sensed an aura of evil around him, so his mother abandoned him out of fear. The fiendish blood that had run in his family for generations had a larger concentration in him then his relatives, and he had the powers of a warlock. Abandoned by his parents, he wandered as a child until he found himself on the steps of a temple of Selune. The priests there took him in and raised him. He learned to suppress the fiendish urges in his blood and dedicated his life to serving good with his powers. When he was old enough, he left the temple to wander the world doing good things. In time, he was invited to join the Harpers, and accepted the offer.

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Bahnak grew up in the Endless Waste, in a village in a cold conflict with a nearby village, but left after he violated hostage bond with a neighboring tribe. The custom was for the leaders of the opposing villages to exchange sons as ambassadors. Bahnak, however, interceded to stop Hurnak, the leader of the other village's son, from raping one of his maids. Bahnak set her on a path to his village while he left for other lands. While he was journeying west, he began to have odd dreams, though he relentlessly ignored them, wanting nothing to do with a Destiny. After a time had passed, however, whoever was sending those dreams became frustrated with his intractability, and decided to take a more active role.
A few months after the dreams first began, Bahnak had a job as a caravan guard for a wealthy dwarven merchant. Some sort of demon attacked them on a journey through Impiltur, seriously wounding some of the other guards before Bahnak, resonating with some sort of divine power, smote them down. As the only one still conscious, Bahnak was the only one aware of a...visitor. A glowing being now stood in the bloody clearing, one with a *presence* beyond any Bahnak had ever encountered. He introduced himself as Tyr and wanted to know why Bahnak was so damn stubborn! It turned out the dreams had been coming from him, in an attempt to convince Bahnak to serve Tyr as a Crusader, one of His champions on Toril. Bahnak took some convincing, as what had any gods done for his practically barbaric people? Tyr responded with an appeal to Bahnak's honor and sense of righteous action, convincing him.
Bahnak traveled the world, getting little "flashes" of guidance or inspiration from Tyr, about where to go when nothing immediately presented itself and occasionally what to do about situations involving certain extraplanar invaders. Eventually, he found himself in Amn.

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Seliana was born at the Aerie of the Snow Eagles, the last stronghold of the Avariel race. Her father was of the warriors escorting a diplomat to Damara, and so her family relocated, only to be attacked en route. Though only a fledgling, she managed to escape the battle and grew up scavenging the countrysides of the north and eventually heading west, picking up the skills of the street on the way. She learned how to use her appearance to her advantage, as well as to hide it when necessary. She eventually wound up in Amn, joining the party after being persuaded to use her skills for a noble cause rather than sheer survival.