Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gurdis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Engraver does. His black hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She has wavy silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her crest is short and copper. She has gold eyes.

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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Laborer. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. He has moderate length black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears long strands of opal and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp.