Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her fur is black and very short. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Gale alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He refers to his adoptive mother 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 was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Gunter took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished crossbow as well. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Gifted from a young age, Crampernap studied abroad. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Heward was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic, Racist. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A 5'1" western woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered brigands who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Purah was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Shanairla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shanairla was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Shanairla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears green trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Bryseis liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.