Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His hair is auburn and curly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Leshanna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'0" and wears a fancy red suit. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Bucklal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Bucklal was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He struck the Jeweler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: He wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished shield as well. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Curran abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but he was a colossal failure. After months of barely getting by, Damakos managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

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

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Soapmaker mother left her crippled. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this western man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Traki was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 310 pp. Red garnet (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Coral (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Gimurt abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gimurt fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp. Citrine (60 gp). Coral (50 gp).