Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is cut close to his head. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Valafar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valafar grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his brown robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. His yellow fur is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

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. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Shifting was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: To be a Fisher again.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, marred by beers. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sage. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Emmeline hails from a village terrorized by giants. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. She struck the Sage job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hoshgrish's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy auburn hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 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: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When Hecat reached her early adolescence her Tiefling 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. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Banded agate (7 gp). Amber (50 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jade (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vani does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jet (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Eye agate (6 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.