Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beloril 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, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To be a Guard again.

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Servant, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf, she is not a threatening figure. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dariff embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Ernest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest 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; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (40 gp).