Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries greataxes. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oblar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oblar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aasathra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a violet tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. Being a Assassin 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: Revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hadarai isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Reynard has worked very hard to control his curse. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and carries longbows. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Urshar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His red hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Peridot (60 gp). 6 Acid flasks.