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. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Through the years after Arjhan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Arjhan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arjhan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A 2'11" southern man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. After coming to the age of reason, Pikar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Pikar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. Amber (90 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished longsword as well. With wild black hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Bella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, she is not a threatening figure. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Riswynn was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Ranala was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

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

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her bronze crest is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

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 is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Eggren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Farmer for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Conrad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 160 gp.