Description: This tall, slender woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Edge lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd mother left her crippled. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is auburn and very short. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rinn studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Ploughman. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Roger was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Roger was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, red cloak. His tied-back hair is brown. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Animal Trainer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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 was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Mastema hails from a village terrorized by drow. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: This woman wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports white long hair. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, John is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 gp.