Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears just a tan suit. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Xanaphia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Xanaphia was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1400 pp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a bow on her belt. She carries a battered kukri and tarnished bow as well. Her red crest is lengthy. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Farideh took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Emerald (1200 gp). Jet (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jade (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his yellow fur down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Art was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). White opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He usually wears his green robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. His green crest is thinning but still full. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a Butcher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished bow as well. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Mella hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length copper crest. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with pastel slacks. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Borun was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 15000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). 1 Major magic item.