Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and pickaxes. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Being a Butcher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has moderate length golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a Body Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When Henk reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Henk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'2". She is wearing a long, black cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her crest is short and bronze. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with blue slacks. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired him part-time. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: 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; and he has a crush on the local mercenary

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Herbalist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Herbalist work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. A true patriot, Eberdeb would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, white cloak. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gildmak studied abroad. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp. Azurite (14 gp).