Description: An older man who wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is red and very short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she very much looks the part of a Painter. She has wavy red hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

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 one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Expand her business; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has moderate length yellow fur. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 140 pp. Sard (80 gp). Jade (50 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He got into the Server business at a young age. 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 east. He became a Server soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by chocolates. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Hunter hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. Hunter was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears long strands of ruby and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this western man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. His hair is auburn and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.