Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her yellow fur in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and copper eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Through the years after Ethereal was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ethereal's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Ethereal and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears professional attire. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. When Zog reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his ceremonial dagger. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He became a Stableman soon after.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is short and golden. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This woman wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barber. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants, and carries shortspears. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 160 gp.