Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is silver and very short. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

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

Possessions: 5000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His beige fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his black hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Howard has worked very hard to control his curse. He struck the Bounty Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Reirak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Reirak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Reirak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A freak accident while working with her Hunter mother left her crippled. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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, Akmen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Jeweler, Akmen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Akmen never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Emotional, Racist. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Melissa is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 28000 cp.