Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy black dress. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length scarlet crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Ruler born in the past three hundred years. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Ruler. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a crush on the local ruler

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has wavy auburn hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Reynard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. The war was a terrible time for him, and Reynard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with his Layabout father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man wears blue trousers with green and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. 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 feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is content

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is short and golden. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Vola was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1300 gp. Blue sapphire (700 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a brown collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her gray fur is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.