Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1800 gp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'0". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vanuath grew up listening to his father's many stories. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1200 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp).