Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top red hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bertram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Bertram was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sammal was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sammal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is dressed in an above average manner. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Iados 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 Iados. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 190 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: This man wears a blue collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and white pants. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Galiena has worked very hard to control her curse. During her travels, Galiena and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Galiena discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Galiena fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 cp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eiravel studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is cut short. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frouse studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.