Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy white hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Heward is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

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. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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, Dee studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (150 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sard (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Crowbar. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is lean but muscular and 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. His white crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Religious, Family, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Sariel 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. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Sariel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears her white hair down. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ahlyssa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a black top hat and black clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He is a Herbalist first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He tends to his Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man 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. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 500 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is silver and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Barber profession.

History: Elizabeth lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

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