Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of morningstars on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Tordrid hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tordrid grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tordrid. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished club as well. His dark red hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Marbas 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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Marbas studied abroad. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 pp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is chestnut and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Brug lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple brown robe with red stripes complete with hood. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to protect his home

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hobart isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Hobart hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Hobart was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her brass crest down. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished flail as well. She has moderate length white fur. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Art is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Art was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Art's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.