Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has no crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Through the years after Shamash was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shamash's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a shipwright and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is silver and very short. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her golden hair down. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a black scarf. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Two Llamas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tharivol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Thorin hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Thorin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1200 sp. Jade (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Claira has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mortician

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

Possessions: 300 gp.