Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has dark red hair. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive, PTSD, Secretive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He has no hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe, marred by teas. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears tattered old clothes. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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, Wiggens is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Wiggens lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Sard (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished hammer as well. His copper crest is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her blonde hair up. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Jarana has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 pp.