Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hadarai does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kipper studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is black and very short. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Markosian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Vicky liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Nature, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is purple and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her beige fur is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She has worked as a Herbalist like her mother before her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 6'4" western man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. 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. Ghûra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nora grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 cp.