Description: This malnourished woman wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Ishte was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a fancy brown suit. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a simple grey robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. His black hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.