Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. When Oren reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a hunchback. His dark red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Merihim was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Merihim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears his black hair down. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Percival was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Layabout. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emmeline grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is red and curly. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Menny 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 Menny. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Menny fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 24000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Left-Handed grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zook was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.