Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red crest is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Rathkran was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her lavender fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a red costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nelkin will drive conversation. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a crush on the local mercenary

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in an above average manner. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Sindri is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sindri lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 39000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Fargrim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the east to a Layabout, Fargrim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oolah isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a colorful flower in his green crest. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Hirrathak was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.