Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shane grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Peter abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries sickles. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Heward alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.