Description: This woman has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears long strands of amber and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to protect her home

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt, and carries ceremonial daggers. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is red and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Miller and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He tends to his Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Carpenter father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her green crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Apothecary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.