Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bryseis grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is beige and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'9" and wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sard (80 gp). White opal (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rose (80 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Gardener. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Kipper alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Rose (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Rose (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White opal (800 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

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. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Jade (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her club ready. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Quarion was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. When Quarion reached his early adolescence his Half-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. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.