Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is brown and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Krûk is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Krûk was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear flannel. She is an epitome of beauty. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2100 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, white cloak. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Osco hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp. Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born in a small island village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'1" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 10. 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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has shaved her head bald. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Shautha was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.