Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears blue trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, marred by beers. His red hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His hair is short and blue. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oriax grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed club, just in case. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Thokk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Diggory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Human compassion; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A 6'8" eastern woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. She wears her blue crest down. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Harann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 sp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her crest is black and curly. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Pyxrin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is braided into rings. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.