Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a tan shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and brown pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Sage, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Bookbinder. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Beast was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Marshal. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Purah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Jade (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Nicor and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 sp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely yellow suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Efferil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Sculptor like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: An older woman who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, she is not a threatening figure. She has chestnut hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey vest and prefers violet and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Cecily was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cecily abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. After a long history of fighting, Kadana and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.