Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. 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, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: A 5'11" eastern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is cut short. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Simon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Simon decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This eastern woman typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Butcher business.

History: She was born in the east. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Irann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Thomas enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Thomas was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp).

Description: She wears brown trousers with white and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished sai as well. She has wavy auburn hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears professional attire. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Zook's homeland. Zook decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a black collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp. Moss agate (7 gp).