Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Pallabar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. He has moderate length brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is blonde and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a sickle on her belt. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Gynk reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gynk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Purban was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a pastel shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cloak studied abroad. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Seamstress, Surina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Seamstress like her mother before her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy tan dress. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and scimitars. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. A true patriot, Mardnab would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 21000 sp.