Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and blonde. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Baern is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: An older man who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With wild white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her blue crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants. She is physically well-built. She has no hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born into a rich family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 15. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. White opal (1000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Jet (160 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.