Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Cressel was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear brown tank tops with white pants. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Architect profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp. Malachite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He carries with him a set of tridents on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Jet (100 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is an amazing painter.

History: Verin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull red sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

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. 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 tends to his Dyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy auburn hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hlin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 sp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 pp.