Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Cumpen 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 has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by her family

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 19000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a yellow suit. He carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished longsword as well. His red hair is knotted and matted. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Dean 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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west to a Bather, Dean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Juliana does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Juliana reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has moderate length orange fur. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Left-Handed studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Ruler, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries a battered scythe and tarnished greataxe as well. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her youth she was a Mayor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.