Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bernard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bernard 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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Bernard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries hand crossbows. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1600 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sard (40 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he very much looks the part of a Cartwright. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ghûra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are violet.

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. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Map Maker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Map Maker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jet (100 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in a small desert village. Cimer 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Through the years after Greethen was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Greethen's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Being a Roofer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished warhammer as well. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 57. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 180 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.