Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull red iron scale mail. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Azaki is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a great chef.

History: Herleva was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Glassblower. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Glassblower for hire.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Shepherd, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Peter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a fancy tan suit. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Wobbles reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Servant. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Servant and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a white costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She became a Barkeep soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.