Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, green shirt, and blue tie. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Shepherd. She became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears bulky tan painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 Sculptor. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Warryn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries crossbows. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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, Giselle is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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. Giselle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears professional attire. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 16000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Jet (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this western man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Coral (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.