Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nordak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Nordak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a red and grey robe with the hood down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 90 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. She has black hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valida 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 she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Adventurer. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and rapiers. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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 into a rich family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is red and very short. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Pennie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pennie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Apothecary; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her green crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Findex was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10 pp.