Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears her golden hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 pp. Jade (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: 3'11" and muscular, this eastern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Thorin was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 Barrister. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. His hair is brown and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Theriatis studied abroad. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Good lock.