Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He wears his golden hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Howard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Howard was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 sp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Vrondiss hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Miller like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has golden hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dean grew up listening to his father's many stories. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is lengthy. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Balam wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 42000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and carries hammers. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10 pp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Full Plate.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'6". She usually wears her green robe and has her nunchaku always slung over her shoulder, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. Her crest is short and bronze. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island 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 island due to the painful memories there. Raiann took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up nunchaku and armor she uses now. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Raiann was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Sumnes speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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-sister.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Sumnes liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Margery enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.