Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his brown hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 on a small isolated farm. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 cp. Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Volen is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Bendoo never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Priest who has hired her part-time. A true patriot, Adrie would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Adrie hails from a village terrorized by giants. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Adrie was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: An older woman who wears a green collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 4'1" southern man, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Fargrim has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 250 gp.