Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull red sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: This western woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Eloise was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Engraver. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Akra took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and ceremonial daggers. She keeps her purple hair in a flapper bob. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His beige fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Through the years after Shivering was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shivering's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.