Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cockaby grew up listening to his father's many stories. He 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a large green jacket. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Shax enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Shax's homeland. Shax decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: 4'5" and muscular, this western man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has achieved small success as a Assassin.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 250 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Kasdeya was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maiathah was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears pastel trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Aura was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.