Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Howard hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sword on her belt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her orange fur in a flapper bob. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Serpent was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Serpent was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Serpent decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and his gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kody does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Kody reached his early adolescence his Human 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. After a long history of fighting, Kody and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a white costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Hoglik wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Hoglik was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Cumpen 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears her golden hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Huru was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 2 Antitoxin.