Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. The war was a terrible time for him, and Varis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her fur is short and yellow. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by her family; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and bows. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and ceremonial daggers. Her long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilkass grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gilkass. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naivara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This light-skinned female usually wears her violet robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dara studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Lazy. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.