Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears black trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Hirrathak 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Norman 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing a long, black cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Emen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emen studied abroad. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and carries longswords. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Oriff took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.