Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a tan scarf, marred by chocolates. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Rurik was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rurik's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise brown.

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. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Ella was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. After a long history of fighting, Ella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. His copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Serpent is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Serpent studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. With bright silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Loopmottin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Loopmottin took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Loopmottin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

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

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Breastplate.