Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of hammers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has wavy blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shipwright born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Gynk abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears a black shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her hair is silver and curly. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings and is in decent physical shape. He has golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Verna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp. 4 Smokesticks.