Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a pastel coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His fur is orange and very short. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Jeweler who has hired him part-time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 330 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has red hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When Baern reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are brown.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Thradal was born the youngest of three triplets. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 17000 cp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. She wears a colorful flower in her blue crest. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70000 cp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. A true patriot, Hecat would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bather. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp).

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His white hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gerard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 north. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Gerard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears just a tan suit. He has a hunchback. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and halfling compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 260 gp.