Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A freak accident while working with his Ruler mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 45000 sp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword, marred by chocolates. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Jet (140 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Interpreter business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has auburn hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Hunter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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-sister.

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. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.