Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shava will drive conversation. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Lance speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Lance lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2900 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. She wears her black hair down. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. His white crest, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barrister work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barrister work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Barrister like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barrister responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is short and red. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Damaia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His tied-back hair is white. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Traki was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born in the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her lavender fur down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a green shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Ruler business.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Chassath has worked very hard to control her curse. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 pp.