Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Grumbar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and purple. He has white eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Astar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This southern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is cut short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. He carries a battered axe and tarnished shield as well. He has no fur. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 pp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and yellow tie. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Thiala's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When Thiala reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. Her hair is blonde and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meriele studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is cut short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).