Description: Standing 5'5", this man is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Gifted from a young age, Paelias studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern woman wears a grey vest and prefers tan and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports red long hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Gardener, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a red coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jak grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Jak. Being a Apothecary 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: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear grey tank tops with white skirt. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He became a Performer soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.