Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear blue tank tops with yellow pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His crest is black and curly. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Donaar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Donaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Map Maker, Brakka learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Priest, but she got bored and became a Map Maker. Recently the stress of being a Map Maker has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Ozyman was born the youngest of three triplets. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. He has green crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. 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 Courier. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.