Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His crest is gold and curly. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heskan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heskan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heskan. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He wears his white hair up. He has green eyes and a yellow hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and violet tie. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the south. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Jeweler, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Curran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a armorer again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Joser enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Architect. She keeps her scarlet crest in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Antrara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Interpreter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are yellow.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

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

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'7", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Gimble was born the youngest of three triplets. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 38000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Quelenna was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).