Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Performer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Pennie enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Pennie never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His silver hair is cut short. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She very much looks the part of a Laborer. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Hugolina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and red tie. Her brass crest is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Jheri is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jheri studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Umpen wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Umpen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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 son.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Barkeep hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bounty Hunter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Onyx (80 gp).