Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. Her crest is white and curly. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear flannel. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of a Tailor, who enjoyed hunting, Tordek was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She usually wears her red robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Eran was born the youngest of three triplets. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is typically in his Knight uniform. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Tûhorn was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She carries a battered spear and tarnished axe as well. She keeps her black crest in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Hethress was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 370 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a yellow vest and prefers blue and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp.