Description: He wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and grey pants. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished greataxe as well. He wears a colorful flower in his purple hair. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Thamuz hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in greataxe use. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamuz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Elysande was taken on many hunting expeditions. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He wears his scarlet crest down. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Shedinn was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Emerald (800 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished falchion as well. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

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. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Actor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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. Gimble fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her long white crest kept up in a rat tail. 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. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Furrele learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This man wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is brass and curly. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bidreked 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 Bidreked. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished hand crossbow as well. He has no hair. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.