Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gardain 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 Gardain. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Nature, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This western woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Being a Bookbinder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 5000 cp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Nurkara was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.