Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His tied-back hair is blonde. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his shortbow. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A 3'1" western man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Bundrigo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. His hair is short and purple. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Mordai was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barrister. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is physically well-built. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: Joan hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting gnolls, the young Joan began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. With bright auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the north. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Sarai was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.