Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is thinning but still full. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Valafar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Valafar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His bronze crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Coral (150 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears a tan coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: Mella is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the east. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Bryseis would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bryseis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When Bryseis reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 pp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Sard (50 gp). Jade (60 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. Her white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Flame was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2300 gp. Jade (40 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Gifted from a young age, Artin studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.