Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Halander was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears just a tan suit. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Thiala hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Thiala alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thiala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A 3'2" western man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gimble was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His hair is cut close to his head. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Emerald (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Tagga hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Tagga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10000 sp. Amethyst (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Therlin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He usually wears his white robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His brass crest is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp.