Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Umpen was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his white crest in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Direcris enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Healer mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 180 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and carries swords. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Torz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2300 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: A 3'8" western man, he wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Sindri never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).