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 dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Ar-Baruk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and red tie. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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, Oren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Oren was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Oren's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.