Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an entirely tan suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Gennal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She dresses like a well dressed Fisher does. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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

History: She was born into a rich family. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, pastel cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pelt studied abroad. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a blue tunic with white highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (40 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Kristryd wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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: Born in the east to a Merchant, Kristryd learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. 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 swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Abad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Abad 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 Abad. Being a Blacksmith 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 he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Everard will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Everard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Jasper (60 gp).