Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is brown and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Blorg was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Courier. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Radomir 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 an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in a small island village. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Servant.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of sapphire and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 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: To be a Adventurer again.

Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Drusilia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: In love, Slave, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

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

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His hair is black and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Baern hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).