Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Bryseis took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has moderate length black hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

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 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 190 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kithri grew up listening to her father's many stories. Kithri 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sindri grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sindri. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sindri fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black crest is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Bidreked was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bidreked decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 230 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has bronze crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spy arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 pp. Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and chestnut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Roofer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aldous was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Simple lock.