Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His hair is short and red. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's in love; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1500 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp).

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a hunchback. He has wavy silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rimmon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear blue tank tops with white pants. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a Sage, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Suhnae was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Miner. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 sp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available she will default to her lance, marred by beers. She wears her brown hair down. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Mara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her gold crest is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Priest. She has taken up work as a Priest and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.