Description: This tall, slender man wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is white and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Ekemon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Ekemon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her crest is gold and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

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. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Hunter and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1500 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of longbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Drogo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Drogo was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is physically well-built. She has black hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Jade (110 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His white hair is still thick. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 370 gp.