Description: She wears dull blue sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her brown hair up. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ralf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ralf was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears tattered old clothes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the west. Jillian was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Laborer. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. She wears her auburn hair down. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand her business; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. Hecat abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 sp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries a battered kukri and tarnished crossbow as well. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Callie wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up work as a Crown-heir and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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-brother.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to reunite with his absent father

Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the right. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Mercenary like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.