Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Stableman 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1500 gp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Engraver. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Whurbin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Whurbin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. He became a Engraver soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop fur cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Jade lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Jade has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Animal Trainer, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2300 gp. Red garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Anne isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 cp.

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 likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.