Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: Howard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born into a rich family. A freak accident while working with his Performer father left him crippled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 270 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries pickaxes. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Banker. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished shortspear as well. His tied-back hair is black. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Dabbledob was taken on many hunting expeditions. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Seamstress they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shepherd, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow small hat and yellow clothes. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Gifted from a young age, Thamior studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is still thick. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Rael 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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A freak accident while working with her Stylist mother left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Hourglass.