Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Ugol hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is an amazing painter.

History: Ugol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, grey cloak. She has no hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Balifra hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her lavender fur is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Cartwright; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man likes to wear tan tank tops with green pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Quarion is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his purple hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Rurik hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rurik alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 17000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has no crest. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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. Cask 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 she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.