Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Fibblestib was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stableman. He struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has wavy white crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zykroff grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. His tied-back hair is silver. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10 pp.

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. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

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. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 gp. Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Now she works as a dancing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has worked as a Mercenary like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ûggû isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ûggû grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.