Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Baern liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Standing 6'2", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Stableman like his mother before him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Soveliss was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length copper crest. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Hethress alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4 Antitoxin.