Description: She is a husky woman, who wears grey trousers with red and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Vonana was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vonana grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vonana. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a large green jacket. Her green crest is lengthy. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Rezena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Thava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Red spinel (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a Tanner, his father struggled to pay the bills. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Healer. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He got into the Healer business at a young age. Eberk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Family, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She has dyed her greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Beast was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. His red hair is lengthy. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.