Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her golden hair is cut short. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Adventurer. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 70 gp. White pearl (60 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a hunchback. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Lûga's homeland. Lûga decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His auburn hair is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter, and carries swords. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nikki grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nikki. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is brown and curly. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kasdeya was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her white crest down. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Kadana is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is typically in her Barber uniform. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Gynnie was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Everburning torch.