Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Skak hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ernest will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ernest 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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Coral (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and pastel tie. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mantus is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He tends to his Bricklayer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 sp. Emerald (1200 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Bounty Hunter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.