Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, marred by beers. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is still thick. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local miner

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Rurik 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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her bronze crest is still thick. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Megren never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Slave, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears just a tan suit. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Theren abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A freak accident while working with his Barkeep father left him crippled. 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 need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp. 2 Smokesticks.