Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Spy mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Lazy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1400 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Nuraval was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His childhood dream was to be a Spy, but he was a colossal failure. 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 is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has no crest. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Dentratha is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Ekemon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Tomi enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Tomi learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by his family; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears a yellow shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and pastel pants. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

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. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.