Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. His tied-back hair is black. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He refers to his adoptive father 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He usually wears his tan robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Fabien grew up listening to his father's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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-brother.

History: She was born in the north. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Performer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 pp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a blue suit. His hair is auburn and very short. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. 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. Alston fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and she perpetually has her mace ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She takes great joy in being the best Architect in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Siffress was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Pyntle has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 11000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Eye agate (12 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: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear black tank tops with violet skirt, and is pretty ugly. Her blue hair is greasy and uncared for. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bryseis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting brigands, the young Bryseis began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 7000 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Rose (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Amber (100 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.