Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and brown. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Mantus is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He refers to his adoptive father 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silaqui isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Silaqui lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bather, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Smokesticks. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Fargas enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Detective, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She wears her brown hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has decided she is irredeemable

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

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and usually wears her blue robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the north. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She struck the Farmer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.