Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Beiro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears professional attire, he is not a threatening figure. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 340 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Bethrynna hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Bethrynna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 11000 sp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Guard. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. He wears his brown fur up. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tricking has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 sp.