Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is short and silver. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Richard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in the north. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She takes great joy in being the best Animal Trainer in town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has achieved small success as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sammal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Hematite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 130 gp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears silk and lounges about seductively, she is not a threatening figure. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When Gynnie reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her beige fur is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. 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 Jeweler. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp. Banded agate (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).