Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bounty Hunter who has hired him part-time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Scribe, his father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 sp. White pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a yellow scarf. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1800 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is white and curly. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 80 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, 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 has slicked back black hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Mardnab was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Scribe. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).