Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nirgel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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 graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small black clips. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Huru was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Huru's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is white and curly. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Oriff was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Mason, but she got bored and became a Blacksmith. She's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'3" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Zed hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Zed abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His white crest is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Fax lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Navigator. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her red fur is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Sailor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Harvest was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sailor. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to protect her home

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a white collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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 was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Thorpe was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.