Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair is brown and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Ortegar reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'0" and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. She has wavy blonde hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue diamond (2000 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears just a brown suit. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Apothecary, Artin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is short and brown. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Interpreter, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).