Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Shava hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Shava hails from a village terrorized by giants. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tan vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his black hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Havilar was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 gp. Citrine (40 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is an amazing painter.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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 born in the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shipwright for hire.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and white tie. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Cynical, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).