Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's in love

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: An older woman who wears an entirely green suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes, she is not a threatening figure. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Nija hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her first spouse was a Beggar, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is well kept. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Salanop fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears just a green suit. Her rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Antrara hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter father left him crippled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is red and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Mara was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mara decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. His black hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Wymar took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. White pearl (150 gp).