Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. He has done his best to style his copper crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A true patriot, Gorbundus would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Stableman father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Trag lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'2" and wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a great chef.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Valanthe was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Valanthe decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is short and cinnamon. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy orange fur. She has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She uses divination through singing.

History: Aura was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. After a long history of fighting, Aura and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 41000 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Herleva's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.