Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red fur is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'7". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Heian wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Heian was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Heian decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and 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

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'7" when asserting himself. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Alvyn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp.