Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nelkin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired her part-time. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Sekhmet was taken on many hunting expeditions. Sekhmet was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sekhmet decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright blonde hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Avelina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has worked as a Mortician like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished longsword as well. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Shoemaker soon after.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 pp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. Her chestnut hair is still thick. 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 not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.