Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large brown jacket. She has wavy golden hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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 Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to be a sellsword again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has done his best to style his red fur to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great joy in being the best Ploughman in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Spring alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of opal and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Theirastra isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theirastra 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 Theirastra. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Sensitive, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

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

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. His tied-back hair is golden. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Heward hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Heward was born with his father's beautiful face. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Malachite (10 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His chestnut hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Crampernap isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. The war was a terrible time for him, and Crampernap does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Crampernap reached his early adolescence his Gnome father 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.