Description: This man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shamash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. After a long history of fighting, Patrin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a axe on his belt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Simon studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Silgre does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Silgre was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Beggar mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A true patriot, Aelar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Aelar was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mayor. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).