Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his golden hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gardain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Rolen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He tends to his Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears long strands of ruby and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60000 cp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Coral (120 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case, and he perpetually has his flail ready. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Baker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50000 cp. Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her blonde hair down. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. A true patriot, Ovak would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ovak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in a small plains village. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Eye agate (16 gp).