Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears skinny pants and wears a green and red robe with the hood down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heward grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heward. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Fletcher and found it very stressful. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. After a long history of fighting, Raymond and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Knight business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His black hair is singed and shortened. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by drow. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 cp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).