Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balimaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Slave Trader. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bune was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2800 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She wears her blonde hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mayor. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).