Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the north to a Mercenary, Gerald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Gerald was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mercenary. He has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears just a grey suit. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Justin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a simple violet robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has auburn hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Priest but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is white and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Server. She has achieved small success as a Server.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he likes to wear black tank tops with violet pants. His crest is copper and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the left. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bidreked grew up listening to his father's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Bidreked took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortbow and armor he uses now. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.