Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gilbert is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Rolf is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Rolf was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 23000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Clerebold has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 6'3" western man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Guy speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Animal Trainer and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.