Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and usually wears her brown robe and has her greataxe always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Gifted from a young age, Werydd studied abroad. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Stylist and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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 father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is chestnut and very short. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gildmak studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Wymar hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has dyed his greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Patrin 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Tharivol's homeland. Tharivol decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.