Description: This man wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When Matilda reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 sp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sellsword. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 Sellsword. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. After a long history of fighting, Ernest and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's attracted to the pc

Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this western woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Silaqui hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 70 gp.