Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he tends to wear a large green jacket. His hair is cut close to his head. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bricklayer for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and balancing her hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Dara is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 6000 cp. Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and carries longbows. Her gray fur is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His crest is blue and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Rivaan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Rivaan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a colorful flower in her gold crest. She has red eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Surina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 sp. Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tippletoe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, black cloak. His copper crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Azzakh was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp).