Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in the north to a Farmer, Shane learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Barrister uniform. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jasmine grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Valanthe lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: A 4'10" western woman, she sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Insane, Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8 Acid flasks.