Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His white hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ar-Kaius was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, green shirt, and brown tie. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished warhammer as well. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Junk Dealer mother left him crippled. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tim 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. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 260 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears long strands of amber and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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 helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. He has moderate length gold crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Bharash alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of emerald and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. His red fur is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Skirt enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Zykroff lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Zykroff was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Zykroff decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2300 gp.