Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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 born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Naal was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Naal's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is red and curly. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Kiirith 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 has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Werydd lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Werydd fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His crest is rusty and very short. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has a hunchback. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Drogo has worked very hard to control his curse. During his travels, Drogo and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Drogo discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Drogo fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is short and blonde. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Barber, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

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. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Ploughman profession.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Joan was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 gp.