Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 320 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'1". She wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and red pants, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. With wild auburn hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is cut short. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Helja speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Helja was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She sports a flattop crest cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Mardnab was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Farmer. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is physically well-built. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a club on his belt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eldon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).