Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Ekemon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

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

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears just a tan suit. His red hair is lengthy. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His psionic 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. Her green crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jezean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Jezean abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is black and very short. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Morgran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Barber first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. He has red eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His cinnamon fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Serpent took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up morningstar and armor he uses now. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and longbows. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Adran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).

Description: She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished pickaxe as well. She has no hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A freak accident while working with her Weaver father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.