Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her brown fur is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Shadow wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Shadow was born the youngest of three triplets. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a simple violet robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (13 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nykkan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Emotional, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 1600 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her silver hair down. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

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. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Habor grew up listening to his father's many stories. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ownka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Zircon (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her brown hair is cut short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When William reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Seebo was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Seebo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.