Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dean grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Through the years after Aline was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aline's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and halberds. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Everard grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Everard. He tends to his Doctor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: This man typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Don was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.