Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. A true patriot, Dean would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Money/treasure; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: He was born into a rich family. He found a children's book about a Halfling Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears professional attire. His dark red hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is white and curly. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Fisher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Fisher business.

History: Caramip was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's in love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vadania is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mason again.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (40 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Artin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Artin was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She usually wears her green robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Astaro grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp.