Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. Her hair is short and silver. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mason but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Althaea hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is content

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears grey trousers with red and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is blonde and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Peter was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Peter decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her white crest is braided into rings. She has red eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Spy. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has a crush on the local spy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Star ruby (400 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has no hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2300 sp. 8 Acid flasks. 3 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She sports black long hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Murgen was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Crown-heir uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lorilla grew up listening to her father's many stories. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: He wears just a black suit. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Lorm alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp).