Description: He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is still thick. He has gold eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vassago will drive conversation. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jet (110 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He has wavy brown fur. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the north to a Glassblower, Shifting learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Shifting was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Glassblower responsibilities is difficult; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 sp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. She wears her silver hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She uses divination through singing.

History: Vorka was born with her father's beautiful face. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vorka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has brass crest. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baradad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Virra was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Virra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. 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: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Veloptima is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect her home; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.