Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His green crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bellfounder profession.

History: Myev lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep 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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a violet shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she usually wears her pastel robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her lavender fur in a flapper bob. She has green eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Being a Fortune-teller 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She married young, but lost her spouse to orcs. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'5" when asserting himself. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stylist profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50 gp.