Description: This woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His fur is orange and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is black and curly. His white eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; 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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

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. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Lance was taken on many hunting expeditions. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 350 pp. Banded agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 9000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).