Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by goblins in a raid when he was still a young child. The goblins captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is chestnut and very short. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Solomon was born with his father's beautiful face. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His brass crest is still thick. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Oriel will drive conversation. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Oriel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports blonde long hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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. Andraste fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She takes great joy in being the best Locksmith in town.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 pp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Akmen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Akmen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anthony grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Red spinel (50 gp).