Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Veit is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Serpent was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and monstrous two handed axes. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Zedaar was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Interpreter. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears just a blue suit. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. 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. Meena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born into a rich family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Jelenneth was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.