Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She married young, but lost her spouse to gnolls. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts, and carries scimitars. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Mella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Mella was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Armorer. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jade (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Rose (70 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.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Amber (130 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.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has styled her black crest well, parting it to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Quespa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Amber (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Coral (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 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.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. He is physically well-built. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Therai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item.