Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She is physically well-built. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Avelina embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Avelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. When Farideh reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His brass crest is lengthy. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Barkeep profession.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Cartwright but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Mialee 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a brown vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, she is not a threatening figure. Her lavender fur is lengthy. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Silaqui was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Silaqui never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, In love, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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. 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 loving parents in a slum to the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Tyna was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bowyer. 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. Tyna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.