Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Lamlis's homeland. Lamlis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 160 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has white crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Hethress would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Maagog never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is short and white. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Engraver 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise amber.

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. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Gifted from a young age, Borgu studied abroad. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Borgu and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. Onyx (50 gp).