Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Jet (100 gp).

Description: Standing 6'0", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Cagak 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. Cagak was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Giselle is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

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 dark leathers with embroidery. He has shaved his head bald. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 sp.