Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. She wears her brown hair down. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Markosian speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his blonde hair up. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nicholas has worked very hard to control his curse. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with blue slacks. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Body Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 17000 cp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a dagger on her belt. She has a very tight haircut. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jillian studied abroad. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green vest and prefers black and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her crest is cut close to her head. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Knight, Dentratha learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Knight. After a long history of fighting, Dentratha and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Fabien was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Frederick will drive conversation. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Frederick grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Frederick 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 Frederick. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has white eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Purson was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Purson took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp.