Description: She is lean but muscular and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Synthrin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Stableman, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a yellow tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by her family; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He wears his golden hair up. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Lewis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp. Onyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Rimple was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rimple's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Rose (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Shipwright. After a long history of fighting, Gorga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bricklayer business.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Eleanor was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses like a well dressed Doctor does. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Theobald is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Doctor for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.