Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is short and black. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born into a rich family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Bonds: Slave, Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This western man wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his purple hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. A true patriot, Cimer would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Cimer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and expand his business

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). White opal (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his left side, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Spring does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Spring studied abroad. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is content; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 210 gp.