Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear brown tank tops with white pants. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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 a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has moderate length green crest. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: 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. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a pastel coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She wears her cinnamon fur down. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Aura hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Aura enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Job, Military, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Sard (50 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. During her travels, Ethereal and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ethereal discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ethereal fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Hadwisa hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 10 pp. Rock crystal (20 gp).