Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Bella's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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: Bella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Tailor for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fancy blue suit. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alvyn studied abroad. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alvyn has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Mason again; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

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

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and carries shields. She has black hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Dyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Carlin was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Priest. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beleth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. During her travels, Beleth and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Beleth discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Beleth fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His white hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Rolen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rolen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rolen. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.