Description: He wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears just a red suit. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy brown hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and her religion dominates her actions

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished warhammer as well. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Ar-Baruk's homeland. Ar-Baruk decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ar-Baruk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a hunchback. Her purple hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Mantus speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Engraver, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. He struck the Interpreter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Leshanna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Interpreter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Barrister, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is typically in his Healer uniform, and carries bastard swords. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Forcas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.