Description: Standing 3'2", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Abalaba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 pp. Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Virra was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Knight, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1500 gp. Moss agate (13 gp).