Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a brown vest and prefers white and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her beige fur is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 38. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Amber (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has moderate length silver hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Tailor and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He has wavy blonde hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Cressel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Quarion embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Quarion was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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. Ahvain was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her silver hair down. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A 6'0" western man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Ogthrak hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He tends to his Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp.