Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Skak has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. He wears his golden hair up. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Berrian 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Mortician like her father before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Lezre and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has moderate length silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. 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 Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Suhnae will drive conversation. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Suhnae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Suhnae took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Wella was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 370 gp. Citrine (20 gp).