Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his white crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Baradad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe, and is pretty ugly. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Spring 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; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her black crest in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is a Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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 first spouse was a Layabout, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy auburn hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her black hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).