Description: This western man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Tûgog and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

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 is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Arannis was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Arannis was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the north to a Knight, Burgell learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Stylist. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 170 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. A true patriot, Mâku would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She has brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Vepar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and pastel tie, and carries daggers. His head has been shaved. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sailor.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is silver and very short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Mayor, Rinn learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp).