Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has wavy black crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Quarethon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Jocelyn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a great chef.

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. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His head has been shaved. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Server. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hûra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Azzakh was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Azzakh's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.