Description: This dark-skinned male wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. His crest is red and very short. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Torinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Courier, his father struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Torinn took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 19000 sp.

Description: A 5'8" northern woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has black eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Seere was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and very much looks the part of a Healer. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Hatae enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Hatae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She has worked as a Healer like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and shortspears. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30 pp. Malachite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White pearl (110 gp).