Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his silver hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: Valafar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born into a rich family. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Unemployed uniform. Her copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. 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 speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Vani and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has orange fur. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Shivering is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Shivering was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad yellow hat.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His hair is short and blue. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ivellios will drive conversation. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ivellios 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 Ivellios. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.