Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. With bright red hair. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Delre was born with her father's beautiful face. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 390 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is an amazing painter.

History: Zepar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barkeep, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses like a well dressed Actor does. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nazû does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Actor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 pp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her red hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Alex enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alex has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She wears her blonde hair up. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.