Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and likes to wear red tank tops with tan pants. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Performer. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His blue crest is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. After coming to the age of reason, Vrondiss took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His head has been shaved. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Trey is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Flask was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a large yellow jacket, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her black hair down. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She tends to her Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.