Description: This woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Actor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Jacoba abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pikar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp. Tourmaline (40 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blue hair is lengthy. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicor is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Yvonne learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with her Jeweler father left her crippled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 cp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. His purple hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Paymon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Paymon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a lance on her belt. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vaina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.