Description: An older man who has the majority of his body covered in plate, he is not a threatening figure. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Ront hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He has wavy golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Odorr lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: This southern woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a Body Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple yellow robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Shava is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries whips. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Watson is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail.