Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Horza reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white fur up. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Mason, Alex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Strong lisp

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

Description: Standing 4'1", this woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eridred studied abroad. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her fur is cut close to her head. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His blonde hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Bernard was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Bernard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bernard decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Bernard managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.