Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His hair is blue and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valafar 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 Valafar. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Amethyst (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (40 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 2 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is an amazing painter.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 7000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

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 is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Mialee and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a large green jacket. He wears a colorful flower in his brass crest. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Gorbundus hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.