Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Hork lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She carries with her a set of hammers on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top red hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nikki 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 she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. With wild black hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veloptima 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 Veloptima. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Hematite (10 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 390 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).