Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Thorin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thorin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family After coming to the age of reason, Himo took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Himo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her auburn hair down. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ekk is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. 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 has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Smoky quartz (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Arnold was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but he was a colossal failure. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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 find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Passionate, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. Shivering was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Slave Trader. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has amber eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).