Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 27. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a hunchback. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 35. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 daughter.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Family, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Courier like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is typically in her Hunter uniform. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Emmeline hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gifted student she started as a Laborer, but she got bored and became a Hunter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is short and dark red. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Seddit grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Guard, but she got bored and became a Servant. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist father left him crippled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. She has wavy blonde hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Tailor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp.