Description: This man wears bulky red painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Howard 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. Howard decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Burto will drive conversation. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Burto was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Emerald (500 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ella studied abroad. Her first spouse was a Servant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is black and curly. His silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. After a long history of fighting, Kansif and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She keeps her blue hair in a flapper bob. Her ears are large.

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. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a Servant, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anakis 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 Anakis. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Syllin took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.