Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ribbles studied abroad. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Gildmak wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has worked as a Stableman like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born to a Layabout, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her ears are large.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Mundane. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tattered old clothes. Her tied-back hair is white. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nora grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nora. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. He wears his black hair up. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 26. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He takes great joy in being the best Crown-heir in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shane grew up listening to his father's many stories. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.