Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her first spouse was a Gardener, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and elven compassion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. He has done his best to style his scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Mehen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Irann was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sage. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman is typically in her Mortician uniform. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north to a Mortician, Verin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries rapiers. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born into a rich family. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 3 Smokesticks.