Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a blue scarf. His hair is short and white. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this southern man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Az-Adar was born with his mother's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His fur is yellow and curly. This yellow eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Flask speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Flask grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Assassin, but he got bored and became a Cook. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp. Hematite (11 gp).

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern man wears just a green suit. His purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Jane was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver pearl (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western woman wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her black fur is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Art was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her black hair is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Mastema took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.