Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Nora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Performer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears professional attire, and carries shortspears. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Cockaby was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady yellow eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Smoking took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Jet (80 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Einkil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Einkil never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Skog will drive conversation. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Skog alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears his yellow fur up. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He carries with him a set of warhammers, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His fur is beige and curly. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Tricking abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 220 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is physically well-built. She wears her black hair up. She has white eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Astaro was born with her mother's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp.