Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has slicked back red hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. Hematite (11 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He struck the Masseuse job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Harvest lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Dyer 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: Further expansion of business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Shane was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her black fur up. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 sp.