Description: This malnourished man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Servant, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. After a long history of fighting, Valafar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Obsidian (13 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears brown trousers with black and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She tends to her Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ridaro has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 4'10" western woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has shaved his head bald. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gunter's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a white collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Keth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is red and curly. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Aelar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aelar studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Aelar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.