Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is lengthy. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Gnarsh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gnarsh was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and quarterstaffs. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Carrie 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. Carrie decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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 has achieved small success as a Painter.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her youth she was a Jeweler, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amber (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her blue crest is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 390 gp.