Description: This light-skinned male wears a yellow costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Layabout mother left him crippled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. Iolite (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. His copper crest is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is short and brown. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Ploughman born in the past three hundred years. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in the west. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Bonds: Slave, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and yellow tie. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Carrie lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Malachite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vaina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and swords. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a fancy tan dress. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Maiathah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Maiathah was born with her father's beautiful face. At some point she was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. After a long history of fighting, Maiathah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (160 gp).