Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Miller, his father struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: She wears a blue collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden and curly. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Salanop is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Salanop has worked very hard to control her curse. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist, Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 270 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and grey pants. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Oriax lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shanairla studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.