Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Mercenary uniform. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Umpen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks, marred by sweets. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Trym is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is short and blonde. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gruk 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 he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.