Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Heward hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Heward took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Manfred is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scythe on her belt. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright black hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. During her travels, Arara and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Arara discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Arara fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (14 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy scarlet crest. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Navigator responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120 gp.