Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Gimble is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. He wears his red hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fancy black dress. She has moderate length golden hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Grai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fibblestib fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 13000 sp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Xanaphia hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Xanaphia's homeland. Xanaphia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Xanaphia was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'9" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.