Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His black hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Erky hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 250 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cook. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Korag lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has worked as a Mason like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Detective father left him crippled. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Chalcedony (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 sp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is white and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a doctor again

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 sp.