Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Travok learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: The child of a Roofer, who enjoyed hunting, Marastyr was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Marastyr alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Marastyr was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Carlin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished mace as well. Her red hair is still thick. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her blue hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Nemeia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His copper crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His fur is red and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trail was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Rogue, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Rogue in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ownka is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.