Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is short and blue. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nija grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nija. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (40 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is an amazing painter.

History: Baggi was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Miller. After a long history of fighting, Baggi and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eye agate (7 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are violet.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 pp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 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.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears a brown vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shield. His hair is chestnut and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Ernest took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Malachite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy orange fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Quick was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His brass crest is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished sword as well. She sports black long hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.