Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Hirrathak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 cp. Eye agate (5 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Butcher. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. Tawar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Tawar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nora was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'3" when asserting herself. She has wavy brass crest. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. The war was a terrible time for her, and Farideh does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Farideh was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who very much looks the part of a Mercenary. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Perra's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: Standing 6'6", this man wears a white top hat and white clothes. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Lubash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lubash decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Scribe business.

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Scribe.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp.