Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears professional attire. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears long strands of amethyst and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

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

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Butcher. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Ella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Being a Butcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available she will default to her quarterstaff. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Rieta is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Rieta alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and blue robe with the hood down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has no hair. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Alexandre lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears skinny pants and wears a tan and blue robe with the hood down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Delebean has worked very hard to control his curse. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.