Description: This woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Ruler, her father struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her copper crest up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Roofer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Sora and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 pp. Azurite (11 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red crest. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Arjhan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She is physically well-built. Her fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

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

History: Art was born with her mother's beautiful face. Art 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He prefers to wear flannel. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 16th 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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