Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Richard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Barber 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with his god.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to protect his home

Bonds: In love, Guardian, Religious, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jade (160 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. With bright brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has no hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Fivin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Fivin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Anastrianna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vondal 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 Vondal. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sage. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Average lock.