Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barendd grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up work as a Ruler and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is black and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Geva grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Pelaios was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Pelaios decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has moderate length auburn hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alberich fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bernard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Banker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Banker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Bernard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Job, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.