Description: He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his bastard sword ready. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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 parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is lengthy. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Alex was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 sp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. With bright brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Ploughman born in the past three hundred years. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Ostracized due to the martial 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. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ploughman for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 pp. Hematite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his shield ready. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the east. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Barber. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. The war was a terrible time for him, and Soveliss does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Soveliss was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Soveliss's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp).