Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears pastel trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her yellow fur is greasy and uncared for. Her copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: The child of a Navigator, who enjoyed hunting, River was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 360 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older woman who dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 260 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and grey tie. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Ûgakûga was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Ulfgar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 sp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Hûmgrat reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. She has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 sp. Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Ruler does. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. A true patriot, Arannis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.