Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His brass crest is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 21000 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. Her red fur is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Shadow is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 pp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Sard (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Jet (100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has moderate length purple hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jet (80 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.