Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He usually wears his black robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rathkran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rathkran was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 190 pp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Shava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 43000 sp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is physically well-built. Her blue hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Makaria was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear grey tank tops with tan skirt. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white crest is still thick. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Architect kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Coral (130 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a hunchback. She has a very tight haircut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His white hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Astar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Astar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired her part-time. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.