Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sai on his belt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his black hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Howard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When Howard reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has taken up work as a Cartwright and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Flame was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His lavender fur is thinning but still full. His yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She has moderate length cinnamon fur. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Moon studied abroad. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Bonds: In love, Enemies, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of bows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is golden and curly. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Star rose quartz (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Chad studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Fortune-teller. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Moonstone (70 gp).