Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shane alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Sage, Makaria learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Sage and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. Her black hair is cut short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Whurdred studied abroad. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's in love

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has wavy red fur. She has copper eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After months of barely getting by, Kite managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She usually wears her tan robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Priest. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. 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. Salanop fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His golden hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Dworic's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Dworic reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 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 is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of hammers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His rusty crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Ghesh enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Marshal, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Jet (130 gp). 4 Antitoxin.