Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: Paelias is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the north. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. With bright blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Quilla was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown fur is long and unkept. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tailor. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and carries kukris. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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-brother.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Through the years after Menny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Menny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Menny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is long and red with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Spy, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 gp.