Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a blue tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Gerbo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Map Maker; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses like a well dressed Bather does. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 sp. Eye agate (10 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is typically in his Knight uniform. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Paelias was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Knight. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her chestnut hair down. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

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. Meena was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barkeep. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Meena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has no hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: She wears a white coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40000 cp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a hunchback. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Qualen was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 sp.