Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears black trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His rusty crest is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. His hair is short and golden. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern man wears a fancy black suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Katherine abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is an epitome of beauty. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A true patriot, Xanaphia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Xanaphia was taken on many hunting expeditions. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 24000 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.