Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is braided into rings. 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 fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has wavy brown hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Târz grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Târz. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a red shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small red hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her brass crest up. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Jaxi hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the east. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Baelitae hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Pog was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Herbalist. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Addict, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries spears. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aust is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Banker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Everburning torch.