Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her brown hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Waywocket was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He has no hair. His ears are large.

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

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dayereth. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 pp. Star ruby (800 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Erdan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her gray fur in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 190 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Galinndan took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Galinndan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Dilettante, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Varis was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is short and dark red. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Semyaza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Semyaza was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Semyaza decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is greedy

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item.