Description: This younger middle-aged man wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ernest was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

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. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. Her black hair is cut short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'9". She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Valanthe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Stylist. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has moderate length brown hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Seamstress born in the past three hundred years. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's also a talented Barber, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has gold crest. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears just a red suit. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Fletcher business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Performer again.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp.