Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His crest is copper and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aust is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is a Stylist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a yellow vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Reynard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has achieved small success as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jarsali fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has wavy silver crest. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Baradad hails from a village terrorized by giants. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.