Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Altho grew up listening to his father's many stories. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a blue vest and prefers green and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: A 4'10" western woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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. Baelitae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sekhmet 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 Sekhmet. She has taken up work as a Glassblower and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.