Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Myria alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She is typically in her Herbalist uniform. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ilga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His brown fur is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Right-Handed embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north. Right-Handed was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cook. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Damien lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Damien was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Knight. He struck the Knight job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and carries maces. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. With wild red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Koeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Adventurer. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Birel speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his green robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp.