Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His white hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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 got into the Herbalist business at a young age. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Vola 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. During her travels, Vola and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Vola discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Vola fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available she will default to her longsword, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shava was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Geva was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. With wild black hair. She has blue eyes and a yellow hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a great chef.

History: Cressel was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her black hair is cut short. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Pearl lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Mercenary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. 4 Holy water.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Verin was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Verin's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and human compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (4 gp).