Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Orsik was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. With bright brown hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born in the west. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Xanaphia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She uses divination through singing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has slicked back red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Yvonne learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has done her best to style her copper crest to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Daar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Spy father left her crippled. She has taken up work as a Roofer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 90 gp.