Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is still thick. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 south. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has moderate length orange fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

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 Tree was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Tree's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, black cloak. He wears his bronze crest up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heskan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heskan. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. Obsidian (10 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a fancy grey suit. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: William hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, William learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thradal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tippletoe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mortician who has hired her part-time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Baker mother left her crippled. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp).