Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Thiala was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp. White pearl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished glaive as well. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Arannis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Erias hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Erias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Armorer. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'11" and wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gomory embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 17th 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 350 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).