Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and spears. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman wears professional attire. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Malquis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Dara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Smokesticks. 2 Holy water.

Description: She wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. She is physically well-built. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: She wears just a brown suit. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. After coming to the age of reason, Juliana 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 has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His red hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the west to a Carpenter, Thradal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple black robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kerkad studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is typically in her Apothecary uniform. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meena studied abroad. Meena abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red crest is still thick. Her eyes are red.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Mishann was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mishann 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 Mishann. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).