Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Skûn's homeland. Skûn decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of clubs, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His scarlet crest is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Merchant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 gp. Citrine (40 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and half-orc compassion

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries halberds. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He has amber eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Iolite (80 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elysande fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Althaea isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Althaea's homeland. Althaea decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Fistula was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fistula decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He wears his white hair up. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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 was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his beige fur down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Pelt was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Armorer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.