Description: He prefers to wear flannel, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Tethren hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, his father struggled to pay the bills. Beiro was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and green tie. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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: He is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is physically well-built. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden and curly. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A true patriot, Geva would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 cp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears professional attire. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Vonana is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and to be a bellfounder again

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 cp.