Description: He wears a simple violet robe with white stripes complete with hood. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is typically in his Sage uniform. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length lavender fur. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears professional attire. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rosalind grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is typically in her Mayor uniform. Her hair is red and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Lerissa was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Miner does. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy auburn hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Balifra was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, white cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). After months of barely getting by, Pennie managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. 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. Kairon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 20 pp.