Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has moderate length white hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 4000 cp. Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the south. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'3" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Sensitive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar 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; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A 5'6" western man, he is dressed in an above average manner. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Aelar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Patrick will drive conversation. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has shaved his head bald. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Thorin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Thorin has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has wavy orange fur. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Great was born with her mother's beautiful face. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Barrister. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her yellow fur up. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Elegant will drive conversation. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

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 druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 sp.