Description: This tall, slender woman usually wears her brown robe and has her monstrous two handed axe always slung over her shoulder. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Vicky lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears skinny pants and wears a blue and pastel robe with the hood down. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, black shirt, and brown tie, marred by teas. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. One day when Ahlyssa was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ahlyssa was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Cockaby is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cockaby abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Scribe father left him crippled. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has a crush on the local scribe

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Verin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has brown hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bricklayer. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 60 gp.