Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Heward embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heward fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Maiathah never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Superior lock. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a flail on her belt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length golden hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Morana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Brewer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Brewer.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears professional attire. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 41000 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is chestnut and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a lance on his belt. His fur is short and yellow. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shadow grew up listening to his father's many stories. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. After months of barely getting by, Shadow managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.