Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her rusty crest is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. He wears his black crest down. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 Scribe. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Emotional, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is thinning but still full. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is short and golden. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). 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: To clean up the streets; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished lance as well. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Helja took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20 pp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adrik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp).