Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is short and white. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Onyx (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His blue hair is lengthy. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His red crest is long and unkept. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp).

Description: This man wears a white shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Burto speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jade (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a great chef.

History: Erky was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.