Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of hammers on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Andraste fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has worked as a Carpenter like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Anselm isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. 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 to a Navigator, his mother struggled to pay the bills. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears professional attire. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

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

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Hematite (8 gp). White opal (600 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting drow, the young Faral began to lead the lost caravan. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears a fancy brown suit. His fur is short and orange. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple pastel robe with white stripes complete with hood. His fur is short and white. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Flask was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Flask was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: He usually wears his blue robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. His hair is golden and very short. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he tends to wear a large green jacket. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).