Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is white and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Stableman, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Locksmith. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, grey shirt, and brown tie. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He tends to his Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries a battered club and tarnished glaive as well. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 40. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

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. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and carries morningstars. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a hunchback. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and morningstars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zephan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his blonde hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Cory was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 north. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.