Description: This younger middle-aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her green crest up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. She struck the Animal Trainer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson red hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vlorn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His gold crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

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. Verna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 north. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Rose (30 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Gardener, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to settle down with his crush

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60000 cp. Jasper (40 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his chestnut hair up. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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. Horza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a white tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. The war was a terrible time for her, and Wella does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Wella was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp.