Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Bowyer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 26. 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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Howard was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 pp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur is gray and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Rose (50 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. His fur is short and red. He is baby faced.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 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 (10 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Eva was born with her father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with her Soapmaker father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Amber (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valanthe embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of a Glassblower, who enjoyed hunting, Valanthe was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Geva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 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.