Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alex 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Alex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ralf was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Mercenary 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: To prove his worth to the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 19000 cp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).