Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Varis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and she perpetually has her axe ready. Her hair is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ronobe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown vest and prefers red and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Barendd took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp. Citrine (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Willow's homeland. Willow decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emeny's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Emeny was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her orange fur is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 pp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She has brown hair. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Dyer born in the past three hundred years. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Kali took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She uses divination through singing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 pp. Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp).