Description: This dark-skinned male is typically in his Painter uniform. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is content; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Jacoba speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp).

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 is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Srorthen was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Ruler. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Zook was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 110 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears tattered old clothes. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Weaver and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

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

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Holy water.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. With wild blonde hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp. Jet (60 gp).