Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His hair is white and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gildmak studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a tan vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shava will drive conversation. Shava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a red top hat and red clothes. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ghaliver was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ghaliver was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his copper eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Assassin profession.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available she will default to her lance. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back silver hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She 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: Morana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a tan vest and prefers white and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

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. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Racist. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.