Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has wavy golden hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Terse. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, and carries longswords. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Sarah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Locksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Valida will drive conversation. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Valida is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Valida was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Arara was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arara decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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. Arara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear flannel. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Rezena's homeland. Rezena decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Uthemar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Rose is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. The war was a terrible time for her, and Rose does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in a small plains village. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

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 frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a deep hatred of brigands

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 gp.