"We, who carry the weight of an empire. We, who break our backs that others might rest easily! We, who will be slaves no longer! Rise, my friends! Rise against the injustices done to you!"

"Daddy, daddy, why arent you moving answer me daddy" Kamira wept as she hugged her fathers cold body blood already congealing where the assassins dagger had been thrust.

A wanderer at heart, and a highly skilled blade.
Hiraken now wanders through the forest, protecting it from those who seek to harm it while at the same time lending aid to travelers and warriors alike.

"Did a BEAR just jump out of that mans backpack?!?"
"Yes sir, I believe it did."

I need the shoe ads put in before the table of contents, and put the perfume ads behind the letters to the editor, don't make me get the Sanderson data again on ad placement, and where in the blazes is my double-latte?

Ariel Kincaid, VP of Glitter Magazine

Princess Helen of Grond is one of the most beautiful princesses on the planet...if, that is, you happen to be an Orc.

A human infused with animal qualities, Kotor only wants retribution for what he has become.

A young Kumbra seeking knowledge from humans and fulfilling the unlikely roll of protector of a trade route.

Meyurk is a Egoyo, a hermit with dangerous friends, and a mystic home..

A harvest queen, a druid of war, a monarch of leaves.

Ever collecting books, knick-knacks, gewgaws and endless heaps of strange oddments and tidbits

A mayor (from the Latin mâior, meaning "greater") is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government. In some places The Mayor is the Chief Executive running the city. In others, they are a ceremonial official. No matter what they really are, mayors tend to reflect their cities, and their cities and city administrations tend to reflect them.

Elias and Manfred are basically a ventriloquist act. However, the major difference between them and other ventriloquists is that Manfred the Talking Cat is a real cat and not a puppet.

-Heroes scatter under barrage of grey energy spheres-
"You know kids, you didn't mind when Captain Liberty took you down. He did it with honor, with respect, and followed the rules. Not you kids today. For you, it is all about The Power. Just as soon shoot you as take you in. And really young lady, would your mother approve of that costume? Not that the rest of you dress much better. What standard are you idiots setting for the young kids of today?"
-thwack-
"Get up. Don't you have any pride? A novice should have been able to avoid that attack. You have a total lack of grit. Don't lie there and moan. Get up. And that surprise maneuver you two are attempting. I have to tell you, not so much of a surprise. Now, stop standing there wide eyes and slack jawed. Do something. "

"You are heroes for Gods sake. Start acting like it."

A two-woman rock band of the future, Seh’Ahna and Tara Watt are well known for their vividly suggestive music and for the riots they tend to leave behind.

Hazenbrazen & Gribaldy: Two Necromancers taking over the world one corpse at a time.

The yang and yin team of Connor, the Urban Paladin, and Heather, The Mystic Cleric, is very effective as his pragmatism is balance by her optimism, her enthusiasm and idealism are tempered by his cautious paranoia, his wounds are healed by her, and she is kept alive by his sword. This effectiveness aside, Connor and Heather are not your normal adventurous members of The Church. Nor are they a couple.

Soft, squeezable, and potentially deadly. Mallow is to be cuddled and feared!

Once an outcast spirit of the cold, now the malevolent lord of a realm of winter unending...

The daughter of a long line of Shinto priestesses, Mei has sworn to protect her adopted city of Washington from the dark godlings that infest it, feeding upon the greed and lust of those who live there. There's just one little hitch...