Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Heward has worked very hard to control his curse. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears blue trousers with yellow and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Abalaba and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: An older woman who wears dark leathers with embroidery, she is not a threatening figure. Her dark red hair is still thick. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Sorath was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears just a brown suit. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Thomas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thomas decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 130 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Priest business.

History: She was born in a small island village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has a hunchback. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 230 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a large green jacket. Her hair is blue and curly. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Verin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Cynical, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 150 gp.