This time I made a favourite band of a friend of mine - Beach House!
Because they are often described as dream-pop and many gigs have very dark stage lighting with obscured faces, I went with that as direction.
Victoria Legrande is a changeling witch. I dunno, the big shadows and hair in the 2019 gig just screamed witch to me - probably of the Night patron, granting access to sleep and veil of darkness for the "dream pop" flavor. Witches really shine through their familiars, so I gave her a frog with the accompanist trait - allowing it to play the keyboards, too! The changeling gives cool elemental options depeding on which hag heritage you choose, and the "hair over the eyes" thing plays well with the heterochromia part of the ancestry.
Alex Scally is a fetchling oracle of the cosmos mystery. As the curse bound spells amplify the curse of the calling skies, his body starts floating away wether he likes it or not - kinda like the shoegazy, atmospheric sound of Beach House. The Spray of Stars focus spells also seems really fitting. The fetchling was an obvious choice thinking of shadows too - people who were changed by the shadow plane. (IMO this should be a versatile heritage like the other planar touched, by I don't make the rules). The no pupils/monochrome skin was tougher than I expected.
So - Beach House is usually advertised as a duo - Victoria and Alex. But they have drummers on gigs, and James Barone has been with then since 2016. What class would fit better for someone who goes uncredited, maybe unnoticed, but makes a world of difference? A rogue, of course! Went with a halfling one just because of the cliche. |