Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Helja was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Ruler. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy white hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: He was born in the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 330 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He stands about 4'3" and wears a grey tunic with yellow highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Thoradin was taken on many hunting expeditions. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is an epitome of beauty. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Gifted from a young age, Thomas studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.