Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is content; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Baern was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. She wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. She has a hunchback. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length orange fur. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30000 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is silver and curly. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Adventurer and was forced into it by his family; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. When Marastyr reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears bulky violet painted plate armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.