Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She tends to wear a large violet jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Hugolina was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Ploughman. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Amber (100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His brown hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her bronze crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mayor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Gunnloda abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a crush on the local sage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She found a children's book about a Gnome 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and tan handkerchief worn on her right side, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emeny's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Gardener business.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Emeny was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Gardener. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tan trousers with violet and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 sp.