Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Duergath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp.

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 white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Artin embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Artin was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age her father died while driving off some giants. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in halberd use. After a long history of fighting, Artin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 160 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Architect father left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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. Being a Priest kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great joy in being the best Shipwright in town.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Shipwright. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His fur is black and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Dynamic is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp.