Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He usually wears his black robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. Recently the stress of being a Painter has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 11000 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries clubs. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Robert fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, brown shirt, and green tie. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: This woman has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp).

Description: He wears just a tan suit, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'9" when asserting himself. His white hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Cartwright; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.