Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it and is in decent physical shape. He wears his brown hair down. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Varis 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. Varis 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and kukris. His silver hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Warryn 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 Warryn. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear black tank tops with tan skirt. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. A freak accident while working with her Bricklayer mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her crest is red and very short. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Megren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She struck the Adventurer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. He keeps his brown fur in a flapper bob. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She is wearing a long, red cloak. Her black hair is still thick. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 was born into a rich family. 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (80 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp).