Description: He stands about 2'11" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Faran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Slave Trader. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Aerdeth was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth 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 Aerdeth. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: She wears brown trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries monstrous two handed axes. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: River hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. River fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Himo will drive conversation. Himo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the west. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Onyx (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Arara hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At a young age her mother died while driving off some dire rats. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in scythe use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Arara was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp).