Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and carries monstrous two handed axes. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries nunchakus. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her dark red hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Semyaza wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Semyaza was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has slicked back silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born in a small island village. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Hadwisa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Rohesia was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Performer. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Rohesia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, In love, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a fancy green suit. He wears his white hair up. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 19th 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Disease, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She keeps her blue hair in a flapper bob. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Being a Interpreter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.