Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Elaim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Elaim took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears skinny pants and wears a red and brown robe with the hood down. Her hair is short and golden. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Fabien was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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, Finellen is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After months of barely getting by, Finellen managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A gifted student he started as a Seamstress, but he got bored and became a Miller. He has worked as a Miller like his father before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and to be a seamstress again

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook. Her crest is black and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Pyxrin was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses like a well dressed Stylist does. She wears her golden hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A 5'5" northern man, he wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.