Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her blue hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the east to a Marshal, Decarabia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 Marshal. She struck the Marshal job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 150 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: An older woman who wears a green Stetson hat and green clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her black crest is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Gardener and was forced into it by her family; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nemeia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She became a Courier soon after.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: She wears just a black suit. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Hecat lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'5" and wears brown trousers with green and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Thorin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gilthur never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Whurbin was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He has wavy white crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.