Description: This man is typically in his Knight uniform, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: Mreksh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mreksh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

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. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Grai is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Grai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: Expand her business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple white robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tomi does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tomi studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. After a long history of fighting, Tomi and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Emeny lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Emeny liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Prosperine was taken on many hunting expeditions. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.