Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Vrondiss speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Vrondiss alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her hair is cut close to her head. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Jo never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane, Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Akmen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Flask studied abroad. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Buckler. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Malmûg was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Banker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but he was a colossal failure. Being a Painter 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his gold crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a Roofer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She struck the Roofer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.