Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Naal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Farmer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Burto hails from a village terrorized by brigands. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and human compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helen grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 gp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cartwright. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Cartwright but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her bronze crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shoemaker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. He has moderate length white fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Smoking is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahinar studied abroad. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Nicholas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is blonde and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Dworic was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1300 sp.