Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Paelias was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Meriele speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Birel 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 Birel. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a very tight haircut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jacoba studied abroad. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bûth's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Bûth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Grisha lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Healer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Spice Merchant; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Antitoxin.