Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Fearful, Insomniac. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'5" southern man, he wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a Tanner, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished greataxe as well. His white hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Barendd is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barendd 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; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sellsword. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. During her travels, Sybil and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Sybil discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Sybil fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Roondar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a tan coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length black hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 110 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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. Being a Slave Trader kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict, Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Superior lock.