Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears just a yellow suit. His black hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Merchant who has hired him part-time. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Peren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Peren decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Cartwright. He has black crest. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balifra embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Knight, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When Balifra reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman wears a simple blue robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Callybon grew up listening to her father's many stories. Callybon abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her crest is silver and very short. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she usually wears her green robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'9" when asserting herself. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Kite was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has worked as a Stableman like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.