Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, marred by chocolates. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Melissa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his black robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Marbas has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Marbas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished pickaxe as well. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Robert was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Robert fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a blue vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Heian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is cut short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bowyer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender man wears professional attire. He has moderate length brown hair. 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 quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Modean abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 27000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.