Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Ratak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and carries axes. His scarlet crest is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He usually wears his black robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His hair is brown and very short. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

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 an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brass crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Mozikth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is brown and very short. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Kathra was born with her mother's beautiful face. She married young, but lost her spouse to brigands. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

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

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghaliver grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.