Description: Standing 5'11", this man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bellfounder for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Shy. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a fancy black suit. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stableman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Seamstress, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red crest. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has a hunchback. His red crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Mreksh hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Engraver born in the past three hundred years. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She got into the Engraver business at a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cask fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Being a Beggar kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 210 gp.