Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tan collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His tied-back hair is blonde. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Umpen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He plays an instrument quite well.

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 mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Umpen was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Percival 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 Percival. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When Balifra reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 330 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Anverth was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has brown hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Katherine is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp.