Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Balam was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Mantus abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Mormog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Spice Merchant. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Menny was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 26000 cp.

Description: This man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Thradal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears bulky red painted plate armor. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She takes great joy in being the best Barkeep in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Mercenary, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She struck the Barkeep job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears dull violet sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and doesn't want to be a tailor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is an amazing painter.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rurik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low and grunting

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

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has cinnamon fur. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age her father died while driving off some brigands. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in shield use. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 180 pp. Red garnet (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.