Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Jet (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries falchions. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Aelar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aelar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Vicky is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Vicky was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears a fancy red dress. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small red hat.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, black cloak. He has wavy brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Adventurer profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has no crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rezena grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).