Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He found a children's book about a Halfling 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears red trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a blue suit. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in a small plains village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gunter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is typically in his Carpenter uniform. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Carpenter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. One day when Eberdeb was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Eberdeb was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has taken up work as a Carpenter and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'3" and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available she will default to her sai. She wears her golden hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Baelitae would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is red and curly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a great chef.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her first spouse was a Baker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.