Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: This woman wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her crest is rusty and very short. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. Her dark red hair is still thick. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Verin has worked very hard to control her curse. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple black robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Wizard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp. Fire opal (500 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Aust was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. He has moderate length blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Navigator work with an outfit from a few towns over. Navigator work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a hunchback. His gold crest is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sethrekar was born the youngest of three triplets. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.