Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with yellow slacks. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern man likes to wear yellow tank tops with green pants. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nim embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black opal (400 gp).

Description: He wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and greataxes. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Sarai enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Jarana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Being a Dilettante kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a knight again

Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 sp. Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her hair is black and very short. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Phelaia 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 Phelaia. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Three was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.