Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Simon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Yevelda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). White opal (500 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'3", this man wears just a brown suit. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the east. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 48000 sp. 2 Acid flasks. 4 Holy water.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Herleva was born the youngest of three triplets. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush, Family, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Carpenter uniform, and is pretty ugly. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the west to a Carpenter, Kellen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sard (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Beast lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'2" and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has no hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: White pearl (100 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rose (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his brown fur up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gifted student he started as a Priest, but he got bored and became a Apothecary. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.