Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length golden hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Actor.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his black crest in a pixie cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Azzakh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and yellow pants. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in a small island village. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Joser hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Joser alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He struck the Marshal job and began his own company from there.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His beige fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fancy blue suit. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.