Description: She wears a white tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nordak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He is physically well-built. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jade (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damakos studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). White opal (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She has blonde hair. 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 inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is short and black. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Glassblower, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.