Description: He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Marbas was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and to be a body guard again

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 pp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. River 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 River. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His purple hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: Merihim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Merihim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gimgen grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and is pretty ugly. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He sports a flattop hair cut. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Terse, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 6'3" northern woman, she wears a simple pastel robe with red stripes complete with hood. She has no fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She got into the Armorer business at a young age. Kite abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 gp.