Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Torgga was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

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 raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Body Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: Abad was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Layabout, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His auburn hair is lengthy. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her red fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: Giselle hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cockaby was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mercenary. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 260 gp.