Description: This late middle aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Broce and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Dean hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Adventurer, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Healer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has moderate length black hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nelkin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Jade (160 gp).