Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He wears his black hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears black trousers with blue and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has no hair. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. She has a hunchback. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Osah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 160 gp.

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 wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Priest. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 15th 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her white crest is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Raiann was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 sp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his copper crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; 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: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears just a green suit. Her gold crest is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).