Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Pikar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'9" northern woman, she is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eloise hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Body Guard; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Adventurer business.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Painter. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man very much looks the part of a Laborer and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Osco never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. She wears her white fur down. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ploughman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She wears her brown hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.