Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Makaria speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Makaria hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 500 sp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is blonde and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Thorin 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this western woman 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 black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He very much looks the part of a Cook. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is black and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Reeza lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Reeza liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has moderate length red hair. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is short and brass. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Quarethon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has moderate length black crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hirrathak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Hirrathak 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. Hirrathak 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Everburning torch.