Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She is content; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Chay embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Chay abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears pastel trousers with violet and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is physically well-built. His brown fur is thinning but still full. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: Three is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Three hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local banker

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Kilia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'11". He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Orthog grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Orthog. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Gifted from a young age, Herleva studied abroad. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has red eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries a battered lance and tarnished spear as well. She keeps her bronze crest in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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. Havilar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.