Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and pastel tie. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mialee studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a grey vest and prefers tan and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Delre lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His silver crest is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kiirith 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 Kiirith. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 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: She is a husky woman, who wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'10". She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ermina 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 Ermina. She tends to her Tailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 190 gp.