Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Bertram wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bertram studied abroad. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Being a Banker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by his family; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His red fur is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Skirt will drive conversation. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a blue collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She wears just a black suit. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A true patriot, Drenna would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Drenna reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Harbek has worked very hard to control his curse. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. Her fur is short and lavender. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emerald was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bather. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Marastyr is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Aristocrat 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Burto's homeland. Burto decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. After a long history of fighting, Burto and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.