Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He takes great joy in being the best Scribe in town.

History: Shane was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a black collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Weaver first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Weaver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Weaver work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. With wild chestnut hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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, Mella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west to a Sculptor, Mella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings, and carries crossbows. He has moderate length black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man wears skinny pants and wears a green and grey robe with the hood down. He wears his white hair down. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Amnon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He tends to his Tailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4 Holy water.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Arumawann was born with his father's beautiful face. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Healer. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp.