Description: This eastern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur is black and very short. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mayor who has hired her part-time. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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, Shax is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears an eyepatch.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. After coming to the age of reason, Koeth took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 60 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". 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 his gloved hand is found clutching a bow. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Vondal's homeland. Vondal decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 pp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ethereal studied abroad. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Jak lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Jak was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Jak's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has red eyes and a green hat with a white feather.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 cp.