Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. He has dark red hair. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chem grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Chem. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sellsword business.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate, Persistence, Gifted. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Carter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jade (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Sard (40 gp). Jade (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he very much looks the part of a Knight. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black fur. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has worked as a Knight like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her silver crest is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When Farideh reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. 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: She is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).