Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Cecily is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cecily alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: Tethren is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Tethren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is short and black. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of a Architect, who enjoyed hunting, Traki was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing her hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. After months of barely getting by, Orryn managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 4'10" southern man, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Uthemar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Uthemar reached his early adolescence his Elf 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.