Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a pastel shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. Her brown fur is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Shadow hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Shadow took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His copper crest is unkempt and raggedy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Kerkad was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Nicholas learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Mercenary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear flannel. His white hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. The war was a terrible time for him, and Peter does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her red hair is still thick. She has black eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Ishte was born the youngest of three triplets. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is typically in her Butcher uniform. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Butcher. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She has moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Racist, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 gp.