Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a mace on his belt. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Barakas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy black fur. Her ears are large.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Servant, her father struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Beast took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2400 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her red crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She bought a hand crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 pp. Jade (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'11" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears skinny pants and wears a violet and blue robe with the hood down. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 70. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Heather was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Arjhan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.