Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, violet cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

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. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ahvain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her white hair up. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Courier, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. The war was a terrible time for him, and Vassago does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vassago grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Vassago abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a trident, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His hair is red and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Uthemar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tattered old clothes. She has red hair. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and 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: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Gunter abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses like a well dressed Mason does. She has slicked back white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Hadwisa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Thunderstones.