Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur is gray and curly. His yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Lone was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Mastema was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a Cook, his father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 32000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Jabbie was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 190 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Vani lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Seraphina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She tends to her Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

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. Sybil was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sybil decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Jeweler kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman is dressed in an above average manner. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born into a rich family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'6". She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her red hair is well kept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sailor profession.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

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