Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a violet collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears a black collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Mhurren was born with his mother's beautiful face. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. 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. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Marigold was born the youngest of three triplets. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair is lengthy. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears skinny pants and wears a grey and yellow robe with the hood down. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western woman wears just a brown suit. Her black fur is singed and shortened. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tan vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has red hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Alvyn hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.