Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown fur is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ridaro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Akmen took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Miller; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the west. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. She struck the Soapmaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Berrian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.