Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His crest is copper and curly. His red eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cartwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Quarethon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She has moderate length brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Myev and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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: Gifted from a young age, Everard studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has worked as a Bather like his mother before him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. She has slicked back red hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

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 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 comes from a rich southern family. 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. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears just a white suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished greataxe as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akmen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She carries a battered club and tarnished trident as well. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Crown-heir. She has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries a battered sai and tarnished bow as well. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Everburning torch.