Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Shivering is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shivering 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 Shivering. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). Amber (40 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 28000 sp. A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a violet costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Caeldrim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She is physically well-built. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nuthra grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nuthra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. She carries with her a set of crossbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Margery was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has slicked back white hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a white feathered hat and white clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 sp.