Description: This light-skinned female wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Shamil was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red fur is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears her golden hair up. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love, Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brass crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: He wears a fancy green suit. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He wears his green crest up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Grigi embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.