Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Kellen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. 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-sister.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Amber (80 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this southern man wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Hagren liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is baby faced.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, marred by beers. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her tied-back hair is white. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A freak accident while working with her Actor father left her crippled. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Ella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His copper crest is lengthy. His red eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born into a rich family. Dazzazn was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Painter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 pp. Zircon (60 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has no hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ubada is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Ubada was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When Ubada reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.