Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Bathin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. She keeps her brass crest in a flapper bob. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he very much looks the part of a Priest. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

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. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Priest. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Philomena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is still thick. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and maces. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A true patriot, Hamil would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Willow was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Baker again.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2300 sp.