Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. 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 is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood. She sports white long hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Vorka was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length yellow fur. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Lone was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Lone was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barkeep. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is typically in his Barkeep uniform. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Gimgen took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 13000 sp.