Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Carlin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. 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 druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Stylist they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Beggar, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She has chestnut hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Beatrice's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

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. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Ruler like her mother before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a white vest and prefers yellow and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 sp. Jet (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elizabeth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has achieved small success as a Brewer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).