Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ahlyssa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Ahlyssa was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Jeweler. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp. Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern man is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large blue jacket. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His beige fur is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This southern man wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries a battered club and tarnished longsword as well. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Nuraval 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. 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. Nuraval fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Marbas was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with his Body Guard mother left him crippled. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on her right side, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has dyed her greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Sora was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Sora's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 gp.