Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is lengthy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan 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 Gnome in existence. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Jabbie liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver crest. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a hunchback. She wears her silver crest up. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Scribe. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blue crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. When Baradad reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 11000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky grey painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Nalaed is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nalaed studied abroad. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.