Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gardain was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Gardain was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gardain's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears just a grey suit. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Navigator, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is typically in her Laborer uniform. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His cinnamon fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Navigator profession.

History: Edge hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. During his travels, Edge and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Edge discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Edge fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has wavy dark red hair. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Semyaza lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She 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. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). White pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Arumawann would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.