Description: This man wears a grey collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting goblins, the young Nicholas began to lead the lost caravan. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. A true patriot, Bertram would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When Bertram reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Elven compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and shortspears. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a fancy pastel dress. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a Weaver first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, River was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She tends to her Weaver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Qualen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Qualen was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 pp.