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 very much looks the part of a Ruler. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His auburn hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

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. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp. Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length copper crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with blue slacks. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Ranala liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hork grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

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 is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Cairn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cairn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 cp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blue crest is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Miner kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a spear on his belt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Paymon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Paymon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paymon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 340 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Balimaar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp.