Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She carries with her a set of clubs on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'5" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Anselm was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Anselm's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears black trousers with white and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Daar lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears grey trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cory studied abroad. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 31. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 sp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has red eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

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. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp.