Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Traulam was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fenriz studied abroad. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has taken up work as a Roofer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oren isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Ombul is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, In love, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ahlyssa was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahlyssa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Erias learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is still thick. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kairon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.