Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is thinning but still full. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Astar has worked very hard to control his curse. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and curly. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ratlûg 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. Ratlûg decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. She has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Silver pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mozfel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 190 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Laucian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is still thick. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: A 4'9" eastern woman, she tends to wear a large black jacket. Her dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 220 gp. 3 Smokesticks.