Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is black and curly. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Thorin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has yellow fur. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2200 gp. Jade (80 gp). Iolite (70 gp). White opal (800 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'2" western woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Joan took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up glaive and armor she uses now. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Stableman.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Dustin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses like a well dressed Priest does and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gifted student she started as a Farmer, but she got bored and became a Priest. She has worked as a Priest like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His hair is red and very short. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Guard, Pog learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Guard. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.