Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her shield always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Birel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

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 was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Jaxi never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'0" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nelkin has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Beggar does. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dalaba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Beggar. She has worked as a Beggar like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Gold music box (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her orange fur down. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to her father's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Paladin 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 24000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. The war was a terrible time for him, and Astar 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. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item.