Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 sp. White pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is cut short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kite grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Manea isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Manea lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears professional attire. He wears his green crest down. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a fancy grey suit. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nalral hails from a village terrorized by giants. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Nalral was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His crest is bronze and curly. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.