Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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, Theren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Theren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has scarlet crest. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Uadjit lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Uadjit fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her golden hair up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Paela was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Paela never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. With bright blonde hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top red hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When Alain reached her early adolescence her Halfling father 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, 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, and is pretty ugly. She wears her auburn hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Anne liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man 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. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Dadalan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 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.