Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When Vondal reached his early adolescence his Dwarf 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She was born in a small mountains village. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears a violet collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. He wears his silver hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Robert lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Direcris was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Direcris's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her brown hair up. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Huru never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is black and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Altho reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gerbo will drive conversation. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

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 is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the east. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a trident on his belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver crest. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Nykkan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in trident use. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nykkan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.