Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His crest is short and gold. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rezena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. 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. Cloak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a colorful flower in his white crest. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has no crest. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 west. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 pp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her fur is gray and curly. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Aym is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. Aym was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Dilettante. 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: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.