Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cairn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Cairn liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stableman. 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, Baelitae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nyx isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Nyx abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Azurite (10 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Sard (80 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears green trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Carter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Average lock.

Description: He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries with him a set of clubs, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pirithin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.