Description: This woman is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A true patriot, Mara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She became a Healer soon after.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 11000 sp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a club on his belt. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Mormo is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has wavy blue crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the south. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Galinndan studied abroad. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Galinndan 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 Galinndan. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her first spouse was a Body Guard, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A 5'6" eastern man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Stableman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Lance was born with his mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter mother left him crippled. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp).