Description: This late middle aged man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears yellow trousers with grey and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Melissa's homeland. Melissa decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jet (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 55. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Hrathy enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with black pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Bernard reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 14000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. He wears his blonde hair up. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Ur-Dag was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 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 (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp).