Description: She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Manea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and doesn't want to be a stylist and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Dynamic is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'2" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has never given up on her singing dream.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His crest is bronze and very short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is braided into rings. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his silver hair down. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cook. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp).