Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a tan scarf, and carries bastard swords. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Gerbo is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kite grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kite. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Merla was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her first spouse was a Mayor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He stands about 4'4" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 gp.