Description: This tall, slender man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This woman dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Mary liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Dyer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sellsword, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 sp. Moss agate (16 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'9", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 cp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, grey shirt, and brown tie. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Ella was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amber (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length purple hair. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stableman business.

History: Aym was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aym fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp).