Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Banker and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a violet coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alex grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 south. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears blue trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has moderate length black hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Nissa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a shortbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 4'4" and wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Burgell lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Jheri and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Stylist does. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Silent was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Stylist and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.