Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has moderate length white hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Oren liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, pastel shirt, and black tie. She keeps her silver crest in a pixie cut. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Zykroff is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She carries a battered lance and tarnished halberd as well. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has green eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Verna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Verna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and balancing her hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her bronze crest is lengthy. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Windy hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is blonde and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She's also a talented Priest, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy tan suit. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. Heian abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He got into the Glassblower business at a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Good lock.