Description: She dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An older man who is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. 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. Being a Slave Trader 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: To unite with his sister; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and revenge

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 390 gp.