Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 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 (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 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 (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 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 (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a hand crossbow on his belt. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Bucklal took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her purple hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Pyra has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. 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 woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her club. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She uses divination through singing.

History: Helen was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 9000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a fancy tan dress. Her brown hair is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1200 pp. A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.