Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blue hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mantus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is long and golden with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Shaká has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Amber (40 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Amber (40 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses divination through singing.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Hematite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a fancy red dress. She has slicked back brown hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She struck the Gardener job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Great was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.