Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Cook, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a white suit. His golden hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Akoth was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 pp. Malachite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Nurkara was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Karg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Morkral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of emerald and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has auburn hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Miles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Miles was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.