Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the east to a Sage, Xappan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears a blue coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy black hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Efferil is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is typically in his Miller uniform. He is physically well-built. His red hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Server again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortspear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is dark red and very short. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When Mary reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears an entirely blue suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Pyntle took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the north. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 220 gp.