Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears skinny pants and wears a red and blue robe with the hood down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her brown hair is well kept. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 Marshal. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Gale was taken on many hunting expeditions. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gale fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Amber (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp).