Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her ears are large.

Personality: Helja speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When Helja reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His lavender fur is lengthy. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. With bright blonde hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: She wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes, and carries monstrous two handed axes. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished bow as well. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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 born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nutae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Markosian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blue hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are white.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Astar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a red scarf. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.