Description: A 5'5" southern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Cagak was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her hair is silver and curly. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy, Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Kite took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. Her white hair is braided into rings. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elizabeth grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oren isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Bowyer, but he got bored and became a Roofer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Seere was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has gray fur. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Findex's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Agatha isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Gifted from a young age, Agatha studied abroad. 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's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.