Description: This man wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mantus will drive conversation. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Mantus lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He 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. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear pastel tank tops with green pants. He has no fur. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He tends to his Dyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

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

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tagga studied abroad. A freak accident while working with her Detective mother left her crippled. 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: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Druuk 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 Druuk. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 180 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His yellow fur is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Trail's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing a long, violet cloak. His golden hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He 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. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Doctor and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10 pp. White pearl (60 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and carries nunchakus. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Uthemar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.