Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Emerald (700 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Amber (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has auburn hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ovak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ovak was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ovak never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 cp. Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she likes to wear brown tank tops with black skirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Arnold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2300 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'3". He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

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. 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: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She comes from a rich northern family. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to protect her home

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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 in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tailor. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.