Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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 daughter.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Jeweler. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 gp. Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She has slicked back red hair. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Felosial lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Felosial has worked very hard to control her curse. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Mundane, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'10". She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. 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 is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a blue scarf, and carries bastard swords. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Karash has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His brown fur is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Silent 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. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Arara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When Arara reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 4'5" northern man, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Vondal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.