Description: Standing 2'11", this man typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the east. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, In love, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 160 gp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. She has wavy red hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Arha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arha studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Scribe, but she got bored and became a Gardener. Now she works as a poetry tutor during her time off.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, red cloak, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. He wears his black hair down. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the south. He worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and balancing his hectic life and new bellfounder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Norman was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long orange fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are copper.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 gp.