Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tan trousers with black and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He found a children's book about a Elf Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is brown and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fancy black suit, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Marbas is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Marbas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His fur is black and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 93. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Shadow enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 13000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and carries quarterstaffs. Her golden hair is cut short. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Melissa will drive conversation. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Fallthra was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 10000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nicholas will drive conversation. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nicholas grew up listening to his father's many stories. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Scribe like his father before him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 11000 sp.