Description: A 3'9" northern woman, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Barbena was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her 19th 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to protect her home

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rimmon grew up listening to his father's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Rimmon has worked very hard to control his curse. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His childhood dream was to be a Mason, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mason again; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears tattered old clothes. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Naill 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. When Naill reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Olunt was born the youngest of three triplets. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. 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. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eldon studied abroad. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate.