Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is short and white. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Nicor enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Jet (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His cinnamon fur has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Astaro grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Astaro. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A true patriot, Volen would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Servant, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Egelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Egelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp.