Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 sp. Coral (90 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is braided into rings. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Seamstress like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Bonds: Slave, Family, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is white and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Vonbin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'3". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a lance. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears professional attire. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With wild silver hair. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her silver crest is heavily combed to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Aasathra abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Melech's homeland. Melech decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 cp.