Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Symma has worked very hard to control her curse. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His red hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Borun was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'1" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bulzo will drive conversation. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Bulzo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is auburn and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Ilga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His red crest is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". She is dressed in an above average manner, and her gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. She wears her black hair up. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Dell was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dell decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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 Blacksmith father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Ûggû is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.