Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Joser was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. Her red crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict, Depressed. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear red tank tops with brown pants. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy violet suit. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished axe as well. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Ar-Beka learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Ar-Beka was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Guard. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Paelias was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.