Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has white hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kellen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This woman sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Mardred was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. 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: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Amber (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Lerissa 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. Lerissa 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His fur is white, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and carries flails. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is well kept. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nykkan will drive conversation. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Nykkan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age his mother died while driving off some dire rats. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in morningstar use. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Black pearl (1600 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Crowbar.