Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, and he perpetually has his flail ready. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After a long history of fighting, Einkil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Quillathe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Kansif hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At a young age her father died while driving off some dire rats. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greataxe use. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady yellow eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Cloud was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Norkruuth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rock crystal (60 gp).