Description: She wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. Her crest is scarlet and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Curran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Heian was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Apothecary. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His white fur is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, River has worked very hard to control his curse. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a Gardener first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Andram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a red Stetson hat and red clothes. Her hair is red and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Eida was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).