Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Gunter hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gunter was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Mordai hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Mordai was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her auburn hair up. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Luthra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Luthra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 cp. Sard (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She has amber eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Baradad took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents enrolled her in a Wizard school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 4000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He got into the Doctor business at a young age. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Vilberg's homeland. Vilberg decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 cp.