Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: John is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: John lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her cinnamon fur is still thick. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Carpenter mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his white fur down. He has green eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 6'1" southern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Brakka hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Brakka was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His gold crest is lengthy. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 500 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Buvvie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Shifting is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Shifting was born with her mother's beautiful face. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries a battered axe and tarnished longsword as well. His tied-back hair is silver. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Dain took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up longsword and armor he uses now. After a long history of fighting, Dain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Nutae took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor he uses now. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.