Description: He has a missing left leg. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is cut close to his head. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie. He has wavy black crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is silver and curly. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Black opal (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has beige fur. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Justin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Assassin mother left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has hazel eyes and a red hat with a white feather.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Olivia was born the youngest of three triplets. Her childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but she was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Olivia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.