Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He tends to his Laborer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Alvyn hails from a village terrorized by giants. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 160 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. She has wavy white hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. A true patriot, Juliana would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Servant. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: Trynnicus speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Trynnicus was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Trynnicus 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 Trynnicus. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and yellow pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ulla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ulla has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ulla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.