Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gilbert studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Gilbert took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

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. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Merla embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Priest profession.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Priest again; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Eleanor learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. A true patriot, Claira would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sellsword for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his golden hair down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gildmak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her chestnut hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks, marred by chocolates. With wild auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Doctor. She became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.