Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear flannel. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jet (110 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow pants. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Gardain was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Gnome Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 27000 sp. Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman likes to wear grey tank tops with tan skirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Torgga was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Commoner, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Commoner in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She struck the Laborer job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His purple hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rimmon 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Great was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Great never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.