Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has brown fur. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Slave Trader. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Slave Trader.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: He wears blue trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and hand crossbows. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 pp. Coral (70 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jet (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'7" when asserting himself. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull blue iron scale mail, marred by beers. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is short and golden. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Percival embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has worked as a Architect like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Born in the east to a Carpenter, Lerissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After months of barely getting by, Ildrex managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports silver long hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1100 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).