Description: This light-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his black hair up. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Nicholas is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Lorilla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise green.

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

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. He carries a battered spear and tarnished halberd as well. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bhevek isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age his father died while driving off some gnolls. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in halberd use. 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. Bhevek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 6'2" western man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: Cairn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cairn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Drogo wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Architect, Drogo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has no hair. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marbas grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Silk rope.