Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Miner. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, 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 white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Iados hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is short and auburn. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp. Hematite (12 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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. Kali fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She bought a bastard sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is well kept. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. A true patriot, Leshanna would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Leshanna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 310 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gardain was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.