Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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 Interpreter. He has worked as a Interpreter like his father before him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Performer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Anakis was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His hair is white and very short. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She sports golden long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (150 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Debt. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.