Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 37000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his blonde hair up. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Guard. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age his father died while driving off some brigands. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shortspear use. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her rusty crest is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 Marshal. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Scribe. He carries with him a set of nunchakus, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Scribe, Aerdeth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Aerdeth liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Aerdeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.