Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: Spear wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Adventurer soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Ghaliver and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her bronze crest down. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Gesrethe was taken on many hunting expeditions. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a yellow collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her black hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He has golden hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.