Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a red vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a hunchback. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Jak was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Hedonist, Fearful. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her copper crest is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). 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: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is cut short. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ulla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she would like to get married and retire

Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Mentor, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Borun was born the youngest of three triplets. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Body Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has wavy dark red hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Shax was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has wavy black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. During his travels, Reirak and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Reirak discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Reirak fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He likes to wear green tank tops with grey pants. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern man dresses like a well dressed Mason does. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Amber (160 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.