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: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Ar-Karo was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'5". He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a dagger on his belt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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, Syllin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Syllin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Gesrethe 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. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spy. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to protect her home

Bonds: Guardian, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Being a Carter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His red hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

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. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp.