Description: A 5'3" eastern man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has moderate length red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Ahvain was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is content; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Banded mail.

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. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Jelenneth was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has shaved his head bald. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Rimple has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An older woman who usually wears her yellow robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is well kept. She wears a mask on her face.

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 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: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and clubs. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 350 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Ulla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fortune-teller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Meriele enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Meriele was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.