Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Flask was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of warhammers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Faran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears grey trousers with black and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Millicent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered giants who tried to eat her hand. 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: Money/treasure; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His head has been shaved. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Ozyman was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. During his travels, Ozyman and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ozyman discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ozyman fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Apothecary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Avelina was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Avelina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is short and blue. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).