Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Feng lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Feng took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 pp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy blue pantaloons and a violet scarf. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. John is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: John was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 20 gp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A 6'1" northern man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.