Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his rusty crest up. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Fire opal (900 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp).

Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Shoemaker. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: An older woman who has the majority of her body covered in plate, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Unemployed but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has brown hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a yellow vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Liftrasa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 320 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a red coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head, marred by beers. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 sp.