Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has wavy silver hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black fur is long and unkept. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Aura lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 340 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Melech is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Melech was born with his mother's beautiful face. When Melech reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is silver and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Sammal never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Bonds: In love, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back black hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. With wild black hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

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 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Amber (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).