Description: A 3'0" northern man, he dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born in the south. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 180 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a fancy grey dress. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (50 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fancy black suit. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the south to a Junk Dealer, Pelaios learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Junk Dealer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Junk Dealer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'8" and wears a fancy blue suit. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When Oppleby reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is short and white. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Valanthe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. 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: Sora 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. Sora abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Nurkara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin. 4 Smokesticks.