Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Rurik is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Ekemon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 250 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White opal (800 gp). Jade (130 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. Her gold crest is singed and shortened. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Doctor. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has worked as a Doctor like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is still thick. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Olivia was born with her father's beautiful face. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she very much looks the part of a Seamstress. She has wavy blonde hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the north to a Seamstress, Naivara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this northern woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Sarai is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sarai grew up listening to her father's many stories. Sarai was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sarai decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

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.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.