Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Nim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

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 parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nim. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, tan cloak. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Theirastra was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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. Ratanák fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spice Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beleth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest is gold and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is physically well-built. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Nora was born the youngest of three triplets. Nora was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Masseuse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Good lock.