Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Rurik abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tattered old clothes. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ulfgar was born the youngest of three triplets. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Miner like his father before him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her crest is red and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Syllin reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and kukris. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Expert school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. She is an epitome of beauty. She has wavy brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Shanairla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Shanairla hails from a village terrorized by giants. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses like a well dressed Fisher does. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Coral (110 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His crest is short and copper. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the north. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 sp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.