Description: This dark-skinned male wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Harbek 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 Harbek. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and swords. His hair is brown and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a black vest and prefers green and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, marred by sweets. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gynk was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Gifted from a young age, Torbera studied abroad. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Torbera 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 Torbera. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Azzakh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her red crest up. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is an amazing painter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Farideh 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: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).