Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Naeris would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his black hair up. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40000 cp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Fisher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the south. Aust was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aust decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Banker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 pp.