Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Dain's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Dain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Shoemaker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Apothecary. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in an above average manner, she is not a threatening figure. She sports blonde long hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and doesn't want to be a map maker and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Banded agate (16 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: He usually wears his violet robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Nim was born the youngest of three triplets. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To protect his home; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but he was a colossal failure. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 gp.