Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Zephan was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Zephan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 19000 cp. Hematite (14 gp). White pearl (130 gp).

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. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Eran is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bellfounder. She tends to her Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a junk dealer again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A 5'0" western man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Paymon was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Paymon's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His lavender fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Cloud hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is physically well-built. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears just a tan suit. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp.