Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad tan hat.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Birel was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a yellow collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Himo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He uses divination through singing.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blue crest. He has red eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and nunchakus. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a pastel feather.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Body Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Prâk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.