Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tomph was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tomph fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Bowyer, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Amber (90 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Coral (90 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Peren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Bookbinder. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Dûgz's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Amber (60 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Jade (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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, Ermina is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 gp.