Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, marred by chocolates. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. A freak accident while working with his Roofer mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great joy in being the best Barber in town.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Rimple was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He tends to his Barber job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (100 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has blonde hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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. Joan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Korfel hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brown hair is well kept. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Carter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this eastern man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black crest is heavily combed to the right. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Greethen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Greethen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.