Description: He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'2" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Rurik hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rurik 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 Rurik. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. He has no hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Hobart alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Darrak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 290 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her green crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She got into the Miller business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Miller. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

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; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. He has moderate length black crest. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Gorbundus speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has moderate length silver hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Khrosh was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.