Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Phelaia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sellsword and was forced into it by her family; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp. Hematite (12 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Born in the west to a Bather, Melech learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Cloak was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with yellow slacks. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Uraim embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Uraim liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sellsword profession.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries shortspears. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 95. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shanairla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has moderate length silver hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Whurdred embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Jheri took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his scarlet crest in a flapper bob. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by his family; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp. Zircon (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.