Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She sports silver long hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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. She became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: She is content; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 230 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the north, 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 north 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's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and someone believes him a fraud

Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With wild auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She takes great joy in being the best Miner in town.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When Ahinar reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. A true patriot, Matilda would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She became a Healer soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His crest is bronze and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Valorean alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'0" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

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 a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Delre 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 Delre. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 gp.