Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bookbinder, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. He is physically well-built. His hair is red and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ogthrak studied abroad. Ogthrak abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 12000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a great chef.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naeris was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 11000 cp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a long, black cloak. Her hair is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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, Gimgen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.