Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in an above average manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Hadarai liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood, marred by teas. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Hugh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Hugh was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hugh has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.