Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, red shirt, and green tie. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Rurik was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Rinn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a black vest and prefers yellow and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1500 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Windy was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Locksmith. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older woman who very much looks the part of a Laborer, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is short and gray. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Harvest grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'3". He wears a fancy grey suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears black trousers with grey and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Arava was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 20000 cp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tippletoe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Tippletoe was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 sp.