Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. To his fellows he 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear and is in decent physical shape. His hair is black and curly. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Taklinn studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is cut short. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a Servant soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and black tie. Her hair is short and dark red. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shipwright. He carries a battered lance and tarnished quarterstaff as well. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Diggory was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'4" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Gardain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Roger liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 sp.