Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Rathkran's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rathkran grew up listening to his father's many stories. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. He has moderate length brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Kelter hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ralf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears pastel trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 210 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Stannor was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north to a Ruler, Ethereal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ethereal 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 Ethereal. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 sp.