Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Manfred was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'9". He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Peter liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Masseuse father left him crippled. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ovina was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ovina decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

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

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears an entirely tan suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His white hair is thinning but still full. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the east. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. After a long history of fighting, Malquis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.