Description: He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe, and carries hammers. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Azaki was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Azaki abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1900 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the east to a Guard, Brottor learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2100 gp. White pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'0" and has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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. After a long history of fighting, Kilvar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Butcher and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: An older woman who wears a red shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. After coming to the age of reason, Olivia took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her green crest is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aasathra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Map Maker. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ilde never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports golden long hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Thunderstones.