Description: This northern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no crest. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Gorbundus was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Blacksmith. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tanglar embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Tanglar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His white hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The war was a terrible time for him, and Malmûg does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Malmûg hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Through the years after Malmûg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Malmûg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and white robe with the hood down. His black hair is cut short. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His purple hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age his mother died while driving off some orcs. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in hand crossbow use. 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. Balam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her brass crest is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south to a Unemployed, Eggren learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 20 pp.