Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sellsword. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 3100 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Holy water.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports black long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She struck the Gardener job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears his brown hair down. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Thrak was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is short and brown. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Theren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp. Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'7" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Igden is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her golden hair down. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Quarion will drive conversation. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Rieta enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 35000 sp.