Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

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. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case. She has wavy white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His black hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Godfrey was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).