Description: He has a missing left arm. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Nelkin was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is silver and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished halberd as well. His white hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. Red garnet (70 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears long strands of opal and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 sp. Azurite (15 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Avice's homeland. Avice decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Avice 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; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her black fur is lengthy. Her yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aura was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His crest is short and black. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gargax studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 230 pp.