Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame and is in decent physical shape. His hair is dark red and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This woman is wearing a long, white cloak, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2400 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her hair is brown and curly. She has black eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Sekhmet took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a grey vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Burto lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His copper crest is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shedinn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and usually wears her tan robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is brown and curly. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She comes from a rich western family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Symma took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 cp.