Description: He is lean but muscular and wears just a yellow suit. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her hair is red and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Carter. 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 east to a Carter, Yurgunn learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Buvvie speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Buvvie was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Spy. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Burto enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Burto liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Birel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Birel was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. His rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She keeps her white fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Two Llamas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and seeks redemption

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Paelias was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.