Description: He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His brown hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. White opal (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She has black eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is a Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Akta was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 15000 cp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jet (100 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: Kyle was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Fisher; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is golden and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Vaina is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

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. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a jeweler and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and kukris. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eberk studied abroad. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is still thick. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. 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 was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp.