Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His hair is red and very short. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: This northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Gifted from a young age, Himo studied abroad. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with pastel slacks. He sports a flattop fur cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Moon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has styled his brass crest well, parting it to the right. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

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 can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Fax lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Bowyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her white crest is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Through the years after Hethress was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hethress's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. 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 wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Pelaios took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He has achieved small success as a Sellsword.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to be a junk dealer again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 cp.

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 sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Spear lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Qualen 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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 150 gp.