Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fancy black suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Barakas would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Knight does, and is pretty ugly. His hair is silver and very short. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the right. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: Smoking wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Smoking is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Smoking took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Masseuse, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bilga fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of sickles, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Volen studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Volen took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has silver eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Vassago does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When Vassago reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Coral (100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His beige fur is matted, messy, and big. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gale grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Eran 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 was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.