Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Pikar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Masseuse does, and she perpetually has her spear ready. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: White pearl (70 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears dull pastel sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. Her fur is white and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Tricking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses divination through singing.

History: Anthony was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her flail. Her red hair is cut short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Neega was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bather. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. Black pearl (300 gp).