Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a white suit. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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 southern immigrants he idolized his father. Ortegar 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. Ortegar 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. Being a Healer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by his family; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

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

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is purple and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Shax lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Beggar, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Darrak studied abroad. One day when Darrak was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Darrak was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with violet slacks. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and carries shields. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Greethen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.