Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with brown slacks. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Avice was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by sweets. His hair is red and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Disciplined, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older woman who wears a black cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Healer business.

History: Born in the south to a Healer, Ronobe learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She tends to her Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A 6'4" western man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Robert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Jasmine was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a sword on his belt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Mhurren 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 has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 sp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Paggen 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Breastplate.