Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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 daughter.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dharg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is long and unkept. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Priest, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Priest again.

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her fur is white and curly. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by drow. A freak accident while working with her Doctor mother left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Gardain speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 powerful wizard made him what he is. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. 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 he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.