Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His white fur is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. During his travels, Flask and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Flask discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Flask fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She sports black long hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and carries morningstars. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak, and carries spears. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She uses divination through singing.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red fur. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear flannel. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Bellfounder soon after.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.