Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Thoradin took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up glaive and armor he uses now. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears professional attire. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Astar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He likes to wear white tank tops with green pants. He has white hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gildmak was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Jade (60 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Waywocket hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Waywocket is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Waywocket hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and longswords. Her fur is orange and very short. Her skin is flawless and her yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the north. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Nykkan was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism, Persistence. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Thradal was born with his mother's beautiful face. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Heskan 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. Heskan 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.