Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears a pastel collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His fur is gray and curly. He has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Shadow was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shadow decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and his spouse have recently divorced.

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.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear yellow tank tops with black skirt. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Amber (160 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His red fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Dagger learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a mayor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is black and very short. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears green trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. She has red eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Orianna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her brown hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She married young, but lost her spouse to goblins. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large violet jacket. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

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. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Agatha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cartwright. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerard grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).