Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dagger was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a great chef.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traulam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

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. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. After a long history of fighting, Torinn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tan collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 290 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this eastern man wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arnold's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arnold grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.