Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Maynild is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mercenary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nogu 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 Nogu. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, marred by chocolates. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zagga grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her blonde hair up. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. A true patriot, Melissa would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Stableman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This northern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Ridaro speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Ridaro was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.