Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up work as a Spice Merchant and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He is greedy; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She's also a talented Priest, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 900 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a brown vest and prefers red and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Painter, Seraphina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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. Being a Painter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 sp. Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'4". She prefers to wear flannel. She has no fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is silver and very short. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stylist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stylist work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.