Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. His crest is copper and very short. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Shedinn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shedinn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. Eldon 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north to a Fortune-teller, Serpent learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Beggar, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Rose (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is typically in her Bather uniform. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Frouse lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has wavy white hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 pp. White pearl (110 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of pickaxes, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Driindar is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Driindar studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.