Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Religious, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Junk Dealer; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Spy does. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He wears his black hair down. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bertram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Bertram reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His crest is red and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Gilthur was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has slicked back red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Naamah was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Dyer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 160 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp).