Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has black hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Avelina embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. 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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Avelina has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a fancy yellow dress. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 Ploughman. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ploughman for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. After coming to the age of reason, Nikki took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Red spinel (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has brown eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her first spouse was a Mercenary, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a falchion on his belt, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Dain wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bucklal studied abroad. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bucklal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bucklal. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bucklal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is braided into rings. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'11" northern man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Fivin 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. Fivin was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Doctor. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 80 gp. Moss agate (15 gp).