Description: He stands about 5'8" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Cory liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Kyle was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Coral (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 16th 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.