Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy purple hair. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Astaro 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 Astaro. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and 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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 cp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Dalgal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Buvvie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Anthony has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in a small desert village. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This light-skinned male wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the west to a Fisher, Lûgnak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Healer again.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2900 sp. Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern woman wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries lances. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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. Dûgz 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 has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.