Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Caeldrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her hair is blonde and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Vonana is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Vonana was born with her father's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Shamash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (60 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Vola is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is black and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

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

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. After coming to the age of reason, Galinndan took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Spear has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and bows. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Vassago never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 90 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp).

Description: This woman sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.