Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This western man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is red and very short. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thomas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). White pearl (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Rose (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Hematite (5 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: This woman stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished mace as well. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Avice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 370 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Raam was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Revenge; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern man wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erky grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Fire opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is short and white. His eyes are silver.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He takes great joy in being the best Butcher in town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Butcher. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Zircon (30 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.