Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a blue vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and chestnut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman wears black trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Prosperine enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Barbena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and carries clubs. He has moderate length rusty crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black top hat and black clothes. Her hair is silver and curly. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and carries daggers. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Smokesticks.