Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ernest never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Nature, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up work as a Mortician and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With wild blonde hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Paela was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Miles was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp.