Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, marred by chocolates. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sage business.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Shava liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a blue shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Oppleby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He tends to his Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His green crest is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Mugrunden was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His crest is bronze and very short. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He bought a spear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'2" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Eleanor was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Sellsword, but she got bored and became a Stylist. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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 took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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 share knowledge with the world; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1400 sp.