Description: This western woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Lerissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Lerissa hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 220 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Peter was born with his father's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. The war was a terrible time for him, and Adelard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Adelard was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Architect, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Malquis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Malquis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Malquis. Being a Mason kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Fenriz was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Fenriz was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Fenriz's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 pp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.