Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her brass crest down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Akra was born with her father's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Gimurt is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gimurt lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Eran liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears professional attire. Her fur is short and gray. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Efferil 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.