Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Krûk wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), marred by sweets. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gomory was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is silver and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 Elf in existence. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 14th 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is physically well-built. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Modean is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his white robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He's also a talented Seamstress, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished spear as well. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the east. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 gp.