Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

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. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Howard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His yellow fur is matted, messy, and big. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Emerald and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Ulfgar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Ulfgar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. His fur is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Spring has worked very hard to control his curse. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Priest. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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 got into the Priest business at a young age. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Job, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and carries flails. She keeps her gold crest in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. 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 has decided she is irredeemable; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Hunter born in the past three hundred years. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She tends to her Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries pickaxes. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with her Bricklayer mother left her crippled. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.