Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Wella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and sickles. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Erias does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Erias was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Mumpena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a banker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. The war was a terrible time for her, and Balifra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Balifra was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 pp.