Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Zook lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. 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 prove his worth to the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is long and unkept. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Thradal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Thradal was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Chalcedony (80 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Uthemar has worked very hard to control his curse. 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. Uthemar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ahrim embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ahrim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He very much looks the part of a Barkeep. His lavender fur is still thick. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Barkeep and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Half-Plate.