Description: This late middle aged man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and longbows. He has wavy black hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a Tailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses like a well dressed Merchant does. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are copper and beady.

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 lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: This woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Oolah never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears a blue vest and prefers tan and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Myathethil has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lorm does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has red hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Farmer business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bernard grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bernard. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mason business.

History: Born in the east to a Mason, Yurgunn learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She struck the Mason job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 82. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp.