Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Pijjirik 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 painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Ahvain speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (30 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. His purple hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: Vassago hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 pp. Peridot (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has moderate length white hair. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Bryseis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 cp.