Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She keeps her green crest in a flapper bob. She wears an eyepatch.

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. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A 4'7" northern woman, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the north to a Carter, Susannah learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has worked as a Carter like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Heian was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and 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 a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Oskar hails from a village terrorized by drow. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This eastern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Ghesh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.