Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Engong was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mason. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He usually wears his yellow robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Dean was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has white fur. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Purban hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Through the years after Purban was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Purban's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: He was born in a small mountains village. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.