Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has moderate length golden hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Sutha wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is an amazing painter.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Coral (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. He keeps his scarlet crest in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is blonde and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a warhammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is dressed in an above average manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Banker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: Anne lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Banker

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

Possessions: 280 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shipwright. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 14. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She takes great joy in being the best Shipwright in town.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Selfish, Insane. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished hand crossbow as well. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and beady.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Blue quartz (6 gp).