Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baern fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and carries greatswords. He keeps his red crest in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears bulky grey painted plate armor, and carries falchions. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Howard 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, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red crest is long and unkept. She has red eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears a fancy white dress. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports chestnut long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Bella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Bella hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. He keeps his brown fur in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 240 gp.