Description: 6'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His black hair is thinning but still full. This white eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Zephan 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. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'0" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

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

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bricklayer and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Frouse is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Frouse was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has worked as a Knight like his mother before him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Right-Handed 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 Right-Handed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered axe and tarnished bastard sword as well. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 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: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. She has blue eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Agnes was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Smokesticks. 2 Antitoxin. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Antitoxin.