Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is physically well-built. He wears his lavender fur down. He has copper eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Drifting was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His auburn hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Thorin was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length auburn hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Shag speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shag studied abroad. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Azza enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Azza was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: She stands about 2'11" and is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emma embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. 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, Emma is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports red long hair. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ranala hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Burto alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 130 gp.