Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. 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. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries shortspears. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, tan cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has worked as a Banker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Juliana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Hugolina took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up spear and armor she uses now. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is baby faced.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has worked as a Layabout like her father before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his white hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gardain grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gardain. Being a Healer 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is short and golden. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.