Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Alberich was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 sp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 180 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears skinny pants and wears a green and pastel robe with the hood down. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Balam does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Balam was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Balam grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Balam. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is typically in his Carter uniform, marred by chocolates. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no fur. He is baby faced.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Brewer business.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She bought a sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. With bright blonde hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.