Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. 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. 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: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'0" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 15th 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a white shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and white pants. She wears her white hair up. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has moderate length brown hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Fistula is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fistula studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Aelar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aelar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. He has moderate length auburn hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears white trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His first spouse was a Roofer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 pp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She wears a colorful flower in her silver crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).