Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Mantus's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears professional attire. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears long strands of sapphire and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his black hair down. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rael studied abroad. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rael was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and carries crossbows. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. A freak accident while working with her Stylist mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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, Melissa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp.