Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Juliana embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He usually wears his black robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He has wavy silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Ratanák took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Theodoric is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Theodoric hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is physically well-built. She wears her red fur up. This yellow eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Windy hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 350 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. He has bronze crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Mreksh 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 gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Siffress lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 sp.