Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Aline lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roondar studied abroad. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 260 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and he perpetually has his flail ready. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Kriv hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Glassblower, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Traulam was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Watson was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. 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 Masseuse. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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, Drenna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Drenna was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Drenna's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman very much looks the part of a Jeweler. She has wavy brown hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Hatae was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Hatae's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Hatae and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.