Description: This man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Skak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Skak took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (8 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this western woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is blue and very short. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull black iron scale mail. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 south. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: She wears a pastel vest and prefers green and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her fur is beige and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 140 gp.