Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Aust was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dyer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Seddit and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears long strands of topaz and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. He has moderate length golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Guardian, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case, marred by teas. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When Peter reached his early adolescence his Human 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Laucian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.