Description: He stands about 5'0" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Cory was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cory decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Knight business at a young age. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She struck the Knight job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear flannel. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Cory took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Diggory was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Anbera was born with her mother's beautiful face. Anbera was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Ploughman. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His ears are large.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thradal studied abroad. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Thradal has worked very hard to control his curse. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He wears just a pastel suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kite was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (900 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this eastern man likes to wear grey tank tops with red pants. His white hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lance isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Acid flasks.