Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gray and beady.

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. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tawar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and white tie. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varg grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Varg was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varg decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

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. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mason who has hired her part-time. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her father struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, white shirt, and yellow tie. She carries a battered trident and tarnished nunchaku as well. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow pants. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Anselm was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she usually wears her brown robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Gunnloda reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp).