Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an entirely blue suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Server but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Astar has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a carter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is physically well-built. She wears her white hair up. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. After months of barely getting by, Ea managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and 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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Miller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Pyntle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a flail on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. She has a very tight haircut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Menny is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Black opal (1200 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.