Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western man likes to wear tan tank tops with violet pants. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Priest profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Audhild hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. 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, Audhild is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Audhild took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Alexandrite (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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: Bethrynna was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the south, 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Prâk hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Prâk alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Coral (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). White opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Jet (160 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her sai, and is pretty ugly. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).