Description: He wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has wavy beige fur. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his mother struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 13000 sp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her fur is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 310 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. With bright white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Engraver first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the south to a Engraver, Kansif learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After months of barely getting by, River managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Griselda studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (150 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Caeldrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, brown cloak, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Brewer.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and balancing her hectic life and new brewer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.