Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a great chef.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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, Juliana is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Juliana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her red hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Meena reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 43000 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. He wears his auburn hair down. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Borun was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Borun's homeland. Borun decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mastema embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Mastema was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Mastema's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This western man wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his purple hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head and is in decent physical shape. With bright brown hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.