Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Serpent was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He keeps his long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nykkan 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 Nykkan. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His ears are large.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Ashgarn was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He wears his beige fur up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Buvvie grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'1" and very much looks the part of a Ploughman. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He has the majority of his body covered in plate, marred by beers. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Anselm speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Armorer for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Armorer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Breastplate.