Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has slicked back black hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 gp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Quilla was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his auburn hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halander studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Halander took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Shax was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shax's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: She wears a red costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Marigold's homeland. Marigold decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Uthemar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Uthemar decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).