Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. 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. Drogo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 pp. Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'4". She wears a blue tunic with violet highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" western man, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Varis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Mella was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His white crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Hirrathak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Hirrathak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Hirrathak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a junk dealer again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple red robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. He has no hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits words with contempt

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

Description: This man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morgran grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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. After a long history of fighting, Morgran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'3" and wears an entirely violet suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is short and auburn. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 pp. Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.