Description: He wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Harbek was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Dwarf 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries crossbows. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ethereal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Chad was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her monstrous two handed axe. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a white coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Sutha is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sutha grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'9" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Hrathy lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Mastema hails from a village terrorized by giants. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 gp.