So for my character, the bonds would be<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">This is not my first adventure with _______________.<br/><br/>I sang stories of _______________ long before I ever met them in person.<br/><br/>_______________ is often the butt of my jokes.<br/><br/>I am writing a ballad about the adventures of _______________.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Valeria </span></strong>trusted me with a secret.<br/><br/>_______________ does not trust me, and for good reason.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Maybe we should talk a bit about our characters, their personalities and motivations and such, first?<br/><br/>Lucian is adventuring because he's tired of singing songs he's already heard, or cobbled together with his imagination.  He wants to get out ther eand see the world, and its people, to experience adventure first hand.  I see him as coming from a small town, probably more of a naturally gifted person, rather than someone who went to, say, a bardic college.<br/><br/>Personality wise, he's generally light-hearted, finding humor in even the darkest of places (even if he has to delve into gallows humor). Generally a nice fellow, but when he gets frustrated/angry, the jokes and laughing end. Then comes the litany of pain and slander.