Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Abalaba was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

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. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eberk grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eberk. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears professional attire. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Ella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She carries with her a set of morningstars on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her lavender fur is singed and shortened. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear blue tank tops with black pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 100 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Naill and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length golden hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Healer, her father struggled to pay the bills. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Gifted from a young age, Ahlyssa studied abroad. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.