Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His crest is gold and curly. He has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Herleva abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Puyet will drive conversation. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

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. 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Quelenna abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: In love, Slave, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Rangrim was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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 bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 gp.