Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He usually wears his violet robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is a Brewer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Adran was born the youngest of three triplets. He worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Brewer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears just a blue suit. Her hair is black and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dalaba grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dalaba. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a green vest and prefers black and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Farideh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Adelard was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Apothecary. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp. Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length yellow fur. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her 19th 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Eggren was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sage. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.