Description: This younger middle-aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Rurik was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has slicked back auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Volen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop hair cut. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her white fur to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Vistra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vistra grew up listening to her father's many stories. 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 Merchant. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Robbie was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired him part-time. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Antitoxin.

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 a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Buvvie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Banker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Onyx (20 gp).