Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her blue crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Surina speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear green tank tops with yellow skirt, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is cut close to his head. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. During his travels, Richard and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Richard discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Richard fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear flannel. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Hugolina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: Standing 6'3", this man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Direcris 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 Direcris. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and hammers. His white hair is cut short. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 Beggar. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Beggar and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.