Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Verna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Jocelyn was born with his father's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She usually wears her red robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is brown and curly. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Oriff was born with her father's beautiful face. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tan shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Aramil was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He wears his black hair down. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Jade (120 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has slicked back red hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Maynild enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Maynild fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp.