Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the west. Zepar was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mortician. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30000 cp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head, marred by beers. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

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

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ekemon 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 Ekemon. He has worked as a Banker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (1600 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 23000 cp.

Description: A 3'0" eastern man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red fur is matted, messy, and big. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Butcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Aura learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Jade (90 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her tied-back hair is black. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Jacoba was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sard (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.