Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Lamlis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has purple hair. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Tanner, Oriax learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Oriax was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Oriax's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Kellen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Blue diamond (6000 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sard (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This man wears bulky pastel painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long orange fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver ewer (20 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her purple hair is still thick. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Bryseis speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Bryseis is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses like a well dressed Seamstress does, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Tordrid was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 pp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Jet (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.