Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is short and brown. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has lavender fur. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Elizabeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brass crest is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Dondon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Priest job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 cp.