Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Animal Trainer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has a very tight haircut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Yvonne will drive conversation. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Layabout, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Soapmaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: This woman wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a white vest and prefers blue and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 12000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses like a well dressed Guard does. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 190 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Andram was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Armorer. After a long history of fighting, Andram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She wears her black crest down. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Biri learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To be a Guard again.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30000 cp. Peridot (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.