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 black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her white hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tanglar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Armorer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aust studied abroad. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Butcher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Matilda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Black opal (400 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. His scarlet crest is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Arjhan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Butcher born in the past three hundred years. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Gardener, but she got bored and became a Butcher. 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. Kathra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a brown vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, she is not a threatening figure. Her black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has copper eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the east. Through the years after Cloak was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Cloak's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).