Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His tied-back hair is black. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rurik was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: He is greedy; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black vest and prefers red and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His crest is black and very short. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Through the years after Gargax was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Gargax's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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. Gargax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white vest and prefers grey and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zanna grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her 15th 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 250 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Shax is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Hunter. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Jasper (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Panana 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 part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Amber (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. She has green eyes and a pastel hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Drifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has worked as a Brewer like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).