Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Ridaro lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Reynard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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. When Reynard reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, black shirt, and brown tie. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Balimaar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. During his travels, Balimaar and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Balimaar discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Balimaar fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His beige fur is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents enrolled him in a Rogue school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'0", this woman tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Painter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Depressed. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His childhood dream was to be a Glassblower, but he was a colossal failure. Being a Map Maker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is brown and curly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Marigold abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

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

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bardryn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Bardryn was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Bardryn's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp).