Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barber but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Erias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80000 cp. Amber (120 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. After a long history of fighting, Paggen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports auburn long hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She takes great joy in being the best Cartwright in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nalaed studied abroad. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries a battered sai and tarnished flail as well. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 47000 sp. Amethyst (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His tied-back hair is auburn. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is physically well-built. She keeps her long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. His white hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Marshal, Jebeddo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30000 sp. Emerald (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Blue sapphire (600 gp).