Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'2" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shipwright business.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His purple hair, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 sp. Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Seraphina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Mercenary; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Drogo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Lucan was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 30 gp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her fur is short and yellow. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. A true patriot, Spear would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Unemployed. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He enjoys reading and quiet.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Mord and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 340 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.