Description: She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Giselle's homeland. Giselle decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jet (80 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Anakis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Anakis was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her gold crest up. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When Korinn reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white crest is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Zedaar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: Standing 5'3", this man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Map Maker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 gp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Patrick is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his purple hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 pp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is short and white. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Amnon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Amnon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.