Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her brown hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sage. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He keeps his long black crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Bidreked liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers black and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Semyaza hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Now she works as a painting tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An older man who wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Peren wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case and is in decent physical shape. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2500 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.