Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. His hair is chestnut and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is well kept. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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, Yurgunn is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Locksmith, Yurgunn learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 11000 sp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her blue crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Fire opal (500 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Calcitro hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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 Detective. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ratanák's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. Ratanák fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his father struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Rivaan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 40. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp.