Description: He is a husky man, who wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Barfa learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He tends to his Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and maces. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Verin lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the west to a Locksmith, Taklinn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a green vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it and is in decent physical shape. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Theren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Theren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has moderate length golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Miner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Naamah was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.