Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. She keeps her red fur in a pixie cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shifting 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 Shifting. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sellsword, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sellsword and was forced into it by his family; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Cook like his father before him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He wears a white coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and falchions. He has wavy auburn hair. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Merchant, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Holg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Holg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He usually wears his violet robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Berrian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fisher. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Oppah's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oppah grew up listening to her father's many stories. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 29000 sp. Red spinel (90 gp).