Description: Standing 6'10", this man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He keeps his dark red hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A true patriot, Heskan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Bookbinder. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Bonds: In love, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Myathethil studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and hand crossbows. Her white crest is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp. Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Mary was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and flails. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Priest but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Volen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Volen decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1800 sp. Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Raymond was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Fortune-teller; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A 6'4" western woman, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.