Description: She is a mite stocky and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Callie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by her family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has wavy black hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available he will default to his axe. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur is white and very short. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Leaf was born with his father's beautiful face. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. Her white crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is a Spy first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He likes to wear red tank tops with tan pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Ortegar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Nelkin was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp).