Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Howard's homeland. Howard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has moderate length golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 sp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sage. A true patriot, Engong would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. She became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Amber (70 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Krusk speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears skinny pants and wears a violet and grey robe with the hood down. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Emmeline is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Born to a Stylist, his father struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Stableman, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and she is greedy

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.