Description: This man tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Amber (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his yellow robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. His tied-back hair is golden. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Ashgarn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ashgarn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born in the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Azurite (11 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kyle will drive conversation. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.