Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His red crest is thinning but still full. He has red eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing, marred by sweets. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Faran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Faran has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears his silver hair down. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Gardain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Beleth was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Beleth's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has styled her yellow fur well, parting it to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Insane, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Leaf was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Map Maker. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sculptor again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp.