Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Baker profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rurik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a baker again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Jet (120 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Ekemon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black crest is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ruloth abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has green eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Vaina is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her purple hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. During her travels, Jezebeth and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Jezebeth discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Jezebeth fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is still thick. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in a small forest village. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a lance on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ratbag does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Ratbag took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp.