Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has wavy blonde hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Erias's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Erias alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has red hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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 mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trail lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).