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 wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Mason first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Ivellios was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Mortician. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Mortician and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her gray fur is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but she was a colossal failure. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1700 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 pp. Emerald (1400 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His purple hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). After months of barely getting by, Fenriz managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 Carpenter. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Moonstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has wavy red fur. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 180 pp.