Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Tordek hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has moderate length blue hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Iados is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman wears professional attire. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has slicked back black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Tailor responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: He wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Manfred never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: An older woman who wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy golden hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cora grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morana grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 9000 cp. Amethyst (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown fur is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Tree speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Tree has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His hair is dark red and curly. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Abad grew up listening to his father's many stories. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp).