Description: This dark-skinned male wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and tan pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Caeldrim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. Her purple hair is long and unkept. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a Unemployed first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 370 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Laborer like her father before her.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Miller business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Jade (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He has yellow fur. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Cecily was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears professional attire. His dark red hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears a blue tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Xanaphia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp.