Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her brown hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barbena grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His crest is silver and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Mreksh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, marred by sweets. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a green shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His green crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Tarhun hails from a village terrorized by giants. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Ekk was taken on many hunting expeditions. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and balancing her hectic life and new stylist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Tailor. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Tailor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length brown hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Morthos lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 370 gp.