Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Windy was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1300 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Surina was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Ekk enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the east. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Howard grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Meena was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Donella wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.