Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Barbena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Barbena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Barbena has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. During his travels, Oriax and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Oriax discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Oriax fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 pp. Coral (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a tan shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sailor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is purple and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

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 is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Makaria was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. He sports a flattop crest cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Norkruuth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Joan hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A freak accident while working with her Tailor father left her crippled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Joan was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Revenge; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Beloril was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.