Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a white shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red hair is lengthy. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Volen is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Volen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fancy black suit. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raiann was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Raiann never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 sp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zepar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Zepar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and carries shortspears. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Artin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Merla is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.