Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has moderate length blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Conrad is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 50 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Lerissa studied abroad. Lerissa was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Masseuse. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Tervaround hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tervaround does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Soapmaker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has violet eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the south to a Shepherd, Sariel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Stableman. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Serpent was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Serpent was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stableman. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears blue trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has shaved her head bald. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 cp.