Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bellfounder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ar-Baruk was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. A true patriot, Ridaro would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ridaro was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'3" and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Tordrid was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'6" when asserting herself. Her lavender fur is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Spear 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 Spear. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 250 pp. 1 Minor magic item.