Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Barendd was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her blue hair up. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with her Bounty Hunter mother left her crippled. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp. Eye agate (13 gp). Jet (40 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and grey robe with the hood down. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Pearl was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Pearl's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pearl 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. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gaaki embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gaaki was born the youngest of three triplets. Through the years after Gaaki was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gaaki's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'4". She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her fur is red and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Tricking was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Tricking was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Qemuel is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Family, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 sp. Zircon (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, she is not a threatening figure. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Nala lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by her family

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: He wears a white top hat and white clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Arara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Arara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Arara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp.