Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a red vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bertram studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kelter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When Kelter reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Kelter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Architect. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. She is an epitome of beauty. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Mialee was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear black tank tops with yellow pants. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ûshbaka grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ûshbaka. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Agnes was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Spice Merchant. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries scythes. He wears his cinnamon fur down. 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 is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is typically in her Shepherd uniform. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Jezebeth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by sweets. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Ekk is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.