Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks, marred by sweets. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miner profession.

History: Suhnae was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Healer, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mason profession.

History: Anselm hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When Anselm reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his auburn hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Ar-Karo hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She has slicked back silver hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's in love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cory hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Cory began to lead the lost caravan. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Katherine isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When Katherine reached her early adolescence her Human father 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.