Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has styled his dark red hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Purson hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a green vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has moderate length scarlet crest. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is an amazing painter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 sp. Obsidian (5 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Rimmon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jade (120 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She sports golden long hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. After coming to the age of reason, Paela took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 370 pp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and axes. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born into a rich family. His childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but he was a colossal failure. He has taken up work as a Shoemaker and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. Red spinel (50 gp).