Description: This dark-skinned male wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her crest is short and copper. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Nala took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up longsword and armor she uses now. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a black vest and prefers pastel and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a violet shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Korfel learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Barkeep, Anne learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'1" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

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 wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Gilbert hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Gilbert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Gilbert was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.