Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gardain was born the youngest of three triplets. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries shields. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered morningstar and tarnished pickaxe as well. Her crest is short and white. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gesrethe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp. Azurite (14 gp).

Description: A 3'4" northern woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a trident on her belt. Her white hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Merchant. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a weaver again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A 3'8" western man, he likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

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 takes great joy in being the best Sculptor in town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has worked as a Sculptor like his father before him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp.