Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Banded agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Werydd studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Uthemar studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2100 gp. Sard (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Eye agate (8 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Olivia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and quarterstaffs. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in a small forest village. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nelkin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and swords. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 pp. Banded agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His beige fur is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Trail was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Trail was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Emerald (1000 gp).