Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black crest down. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Gorbundus is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Brewer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 310 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished man dresses like a well dressed Doctor does. His silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the south to a Doctor, Dazzazn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Doctor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Doctor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Layabout. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Bûth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He is physically well-built. His crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Ghesh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ghesh was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright golden hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Vanchu was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. She struck the Navigator job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and expand her business

Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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 comes from a rich western family. Brottor abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sekhmet grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sekhmet. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).