Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is red and curly. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. Coral (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman wears a white vest and prefers black and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hrathy was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Black pearl (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Joan embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Joan liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mayor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Standing 6'2", this man prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his mother 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Jade (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in a small island village. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. 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: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side and is in decent physical shape. Her rusty crest is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chassath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bricklayer; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Server but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Server for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy purple hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp).