Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has red eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Hobart was born the youngest of three triplets. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Architect business.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Gardener first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the west. Koeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stableman; and he's attracted to the pc

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy silver hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rael was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp.