Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red crest is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Hirrathak was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane, Impulsive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Azurite (16 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is short and brown. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Siffress studied abroad. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has red hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: She is a Brewer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. After a long history of fighting, Vani and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears a blue shirt with thin red vertical stripes and brown pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Trynnicus speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trynnicus hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Trynnicus began to lead the lost caravan. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Thodris was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and pastel robe with the hood down. His tied-back hair is white. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Weaver father left him crippled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).