Description: She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: This eastern woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Marshal, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Gifted from a young age, Flask studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Flask took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Flask and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an entirely pastel suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His fur is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She tends to wear a large white jacket. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 pp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a white vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 40000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Baern was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.