Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bidreked grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a tan collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'6". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Nogu lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She tends to her Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

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

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Bryseis was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and scimitars. His orange fur is thinning but still full. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tattered old clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a red vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries a battered bow and tarnished axe as well. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Faran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Faran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Cockaby was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with his Fisher father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.