Description: An older woman who wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tricking grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tricking. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Traubon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His tied-back hair is silver. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A 6'2" eastern woman, she wears dull green sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Coral (140 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is short and dark red. She is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Purah's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp. Azurite (10 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: A 6'3" eastern man, he wears a grey vest and prefers green and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 gp.