Description: Standing 5'7", this man is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Robert does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on her belt. With wild silver hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She bought a scythe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His hair is blonde and very short. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 Cartwright. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Coral (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. Her silver crest is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Vezera is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gardain was born with his father's beautiful face. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 270 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Galiena was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. Her fur is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She tends to her Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 180 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp).