Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 9000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Sariel was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Sariel's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears professional attire. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kilia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Kilia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.