Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has wavy blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Vlorn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The war was a terrible time for her, and Agnes does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Agnes studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (120 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries bows. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has hazel eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his blue robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cockaby fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Malachite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Iolite (80 gp).