Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rolf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Rolf liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red crest is still thick. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (70 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a blue tunic with violet highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oppah is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oppah grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her purple hair is still thick. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the north. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a large green jacket. She has moderate length bronze crest. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Raiann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 230 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'10" and dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Phann is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Phann was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 130 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She uses divination through singing.

History: Mastema lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Mastema took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Amber (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 south to a Architect, Bundrigo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Debt. Occupation: Architect

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. He has wavy black hair. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.