Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Adrik speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Fortune-teller in town.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey vest and prefers green and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Baern was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mortician. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 sp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears professional attire. His hair is brown and curly. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her crest is short and brass. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and golden. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Nim 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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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 is unsatisfied with his job; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30000 cp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Eberk was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barber. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has no crest. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hethress is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Nelkin hails from a village terrorized by drow. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amethyst (160 gp).