Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow small hat and yellow clothes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Kyle was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Kyle's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is golden and curly. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. His black hair is still thick. 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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp).

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his blue crest down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Patrin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. With wild chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The war was a terrible time for her, and Menny does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Werydd's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Werydd is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.