Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears a green armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her crest is gold and very short. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tatyan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered sword and tarnished warhammer as well. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Occupation: Bellfounder

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Lidda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Miller, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sarah has worked very hard to control her curse. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This western woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Ishte hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Korag grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Korag. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 sp. Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.