Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries maces. Her hair is red and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ribbles was born with his father's beautiful face. Ribbles liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Average lock.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She very much looks the part of a Sage. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beleth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long black fur kept up in a rat tail. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Spear was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, 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 Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He 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. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Merihim embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Merihim studied abroad. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His gold crest is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tarhun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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, Tarhun and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A 6'2" northern woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her blue hair. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Shava was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Azurite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).