Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and black. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Randal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and carries shortspears. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Borun lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bowyer and was forced into it by his family; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. A true patriot, Ilde would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Ostracized due to the psionic 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries crossbows. He has shaved his head bald. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Farmer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her crest is green and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shipwright. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Korinn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Nithther was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His fur is gray and very short. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the west. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.