Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her orange fur is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Smoking was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has wavy dark red hair. She has white eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 250 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red crest. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does. With bright golden hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Ridaro was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tanner. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. 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: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She usually wears her green robe and has her longsword always slung over her shoulder. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Cook, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Interpreter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but he was a colossal failure. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.