Description: 5'11" and muscular, this southern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a pastel coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her white fur is singed and shortened. Her yellow eyes peer out from beneath her small pastel hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Healer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small violet hat.

Personality: Shane is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a yellow coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Nissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nissa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Nissa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Malachite (13 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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, Arumawann is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Arumawann took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Ahrim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.