Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and shields. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Shax lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She receives visions of the future at random moments

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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Maiathah has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. His bronze crest is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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 is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. To her fellows she 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his red hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A true patriot, Orthog would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Tharivol was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 cp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her black crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Baker. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Gesrethe was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 pp.