Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Torz is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

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 wears a fancy blue dress. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Drusilia was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His bronze crest is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her white fur up. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gifted student she started as a Navigator, but she got bored and became a Shoemaker. She became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: A 5'10" southern man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is short and brown. His silver 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 no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Purson's homeland. Purson decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her fur is yellow and curly. She has a tattooed face.

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 is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Mary studied abroad. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He wears his auburn hair up. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Nedda was born the youngest of three triplets. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and dwarven compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.