Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A true patriot, Heskan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cimer was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Baker. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

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

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. His brown hair is lengthy. His silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Vassago was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Stableman. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 500 gp. Amber (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tyna grew up listening to her father's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her white hair is braided into rings. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Nogu took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy grey dress, and carries hammers. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Laborer business at a young age. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Emeny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She is portly but not overly obese. She has shaved her head bald. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Sculptor, who enjoyed hunting, Eldeth was taken on many hunting expeditions. Eldeth liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this southern man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.