Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and tan pants. His white crest is braided into rings. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Dilettante. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ghesh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Dûshrat hails from a village terrorized by giants. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His white crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Veloptima wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in the north. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 320 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hobart fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has rusty crest. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Blendaeth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 180 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).