Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Alain lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Glassblower work with an outfit from a few towns over. Glassblower work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Glassblower job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has wavy silver crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Kaladan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with white slacks. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Architect, Hubert learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hubert 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 Hubert. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Mozfel speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Mozfel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 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 white costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His tied-back hair is red. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).