Description: This exceptionally lanky man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Howard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Jet (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does, and carries hand crossbows. He sports a flattop hair cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Ur-Edin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. He's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 42000 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her silver hair is well kept. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Abalaba was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Abalaba decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gold and beady.

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 Tiefling in existence. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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. Fenriz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Priest but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.