Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy black hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

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. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 gp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his white fur to look like a famous performer. His copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Five lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This tall, slender man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.